Battle near Liegnitz 1241 / Merian

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Battle near Liegnitz (Wahlstatt) on 9th April 1241 (The Mongols under Orda defeat the Polish-German knights’ army under Duke Henry II. of Silesia).-„Great defeat of the Christians, which they suffered from the Tatars”.-Copper engraving b.Matthäus Merian t.Eld. From: J.L.Gottfried, Historische Chronica, 1630, p.583; later coloured.