How Broumov acquired the Hungarian garrison and how he got rid of it

In August 1469, the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus, who was fighting as the pope's ally against King George of Poděbrady, sent his best general František of Háj, a Czech yeoman and fraternal governor known in Bohemia as "Mr. Franc", with 400 horsemen and 300 footmen to the Silesians, who called for war against King Jiří of Poděbrady. This army was not only to help the Silesian princes, but also to…
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