The Swiss troops from Uri withdraw upon…

February 1499 CE

The Swiss troops from Uri withdraw upon learning of the truce, but meet a small troop of Habsburg soldiers on their way back home.

When these engage in the usual insults on the Swiss, the latter cross the Rhine and kill the scoffers.

In retaliation, Habsburg troops sack the village of Maienfeld on February 7 and call the Swabian League for help.

Only five days later, Swiss troops from several cantons have been assembled, reconquer the village, and move towards Lake Constance, pillaging and plundering along the way.

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Maienfeld Graubunden Switzerland View →

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Maximilian I of View →

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Benedictines, or Order of St. Benedict View → Austria, Archduchy of View → Uri, Swiss Canton of View → Swiss Confederacy, Old (Swiss Confederation) View → Swiss mercenaries View → League of God's House View → Gray League View → League of the Ten Jurisdictions View → Holy Roman Empire View → Landsknechts View → Swabian League View →

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Transalpine campaigns of the Old Swiss Confederacy View → Swabian War View →

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