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1. ValeOfShadows (valeofshadows@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 21:48:53 JST ValeOfShadows
   August 12th, 955 Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
   
   In early 955 the nomadic Magyar(maj-yar) people led by a man named Bulcsú invaded the Holy Roman Empire hoping to raid the empire, taking advantage of a weakened state from a five year long civil war. By August 10th around 12k Magyars reached the fortified city of Augsburg and besieged it. The Magyars managed to breach the gate and get into the city but they were driven back by the German defenders. At this point King Otto I later Otto the Great was aware of the Magyar invasion and had assembled an army of around 9k men at the city of Ulm and set out from there. Magyar scouts had spotted Otto's army, so the bulk of the Magyars left Augsburg and headed out to meet the Germans. The Magyars sent a small contingent of horsemen to attack the rear of Otto's column and the Magyars managed to capture the supply wagons. Otto sent Conrad the Red Duke of Lorraine to recapture the supply wagons(and as a means for Conrad to redeem his honor, as Conrad fought against Otto in the civil war). The Magyars were distracted by looting the wagons, so Conrad's group quickly overwhelmed them and recaptured the wagons.
   
   Some time later the Magyars and Germans met in a area known as the Plain of Lechfeld and both sides assembled for battle. Otto made the first move and attacked the Magyars, the Magyars held back hoping to lure the Germans into the Magyars' half circle-shaped formation, to surround them. But Otto had a plan to deal with this, he sent his infantry forward to meet the Magyar infantry, but then ordered the cavalry on the flanks to feign a retreat. The Magyar horse-archers began chasing the German cavalry until they broke their half-circle formation. As soon as Otto noticed that the Magyars were out of formation he ordered his cavalry to turn around and a charge the Magyars. The light Magyar cavalry was unable to withstand the shock from the charge as well as the more heavily armed and armored German cavalry easily defeated them in melee combat. Unable to retreat due to the tightly-packed formations and the narrow length of the battlefield, the Magyar cavalry was devastated by the Germans. The Magyar center eventually broke and fled and several Magyar chiefs were captured. The inhabitants of Augsburg were worried when they saw the Magyars returning, but then they saw Otto's army and were relived. After the Battle of Lechfeld, Otto was determined to put an end to the Magyar raids so he hunted down and killed any remaining Magyar raider in his territory. The remaining Magyars gave up their nomadic ways and eventually would form the Kingdom of Hungary.
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   • Fash-E :windmill_of_friendship: (fash-e@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 21:49:21 JST Fash-E :windmill_of_friendship:

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     @ValeOfShadows Fun facts: Otto the Great's mother was a descendant of Widukind who fought Charlemagnes empire, so its an interesting turn of fate that he restored it. His sister also married Robert the Strong and was the mother to Hugh Capet who all French Kings descended from since. So Widukind is also an ancestor of the Bourbons.
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   • Spahnranch1969 (spahnranch1969@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 21:49:31 JST Spahnranch1969

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     The Magyars were a Central Asian tribe of nomadic warriors, yes? Similar to the Scythians and the Huns?
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