Battle of Bruderholz

[3] Anticipating the likely route of the Swabian troops, the Swiss soldiers concealed themselves in the woods at Bruderholz hill, near Basel.

[1] When the three times more numerous[4] Swabians passed the woods, the Swiss attacked.

The cavalry fought a delaying action allowing the infantry to escape before retreating also.

Some of the fleeing soldiers ran approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) to the Rhine river before swimming across to continue their retreat.

[5] Bruderholz in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.This article about a battle is a stub.