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Battle of Cēsis (1210)

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359: 452: 505: 397:. Attacked from above and below, the defenders were put in a difficult situation. The stronghold was under siege for three days and the defenders probably wouldn't have been able to keep defending it, if on the fourth day the besiegers hadn't unexpectedly left. The Estonians had received a message from their scouts that numerous enemy troops led by 401:
were heading towards Cēsis to relieve the army trapped inside the stronghold. Without waiting for the whole relief army, the besieged troops began chasing the retreating Estonian army with some of the newly arrived Livonians and Latgalians.
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was fought between native Estonian forces and the Germanic knights (known as the
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In 1210 the Estonian counties launched several raids on the strongholds in
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1211 military conflict in Latvia during Livonian Crusade
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Battles involving the Livonian Brothers of the Sword
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Livonian Crusade
Cēsis
Latvia
57°18′48″N 25°16′12″E / 57.31333°N 25.27000°E / 57.31333; 25.27000
Ancient Estonia
Sword Brethren
vends
Livonians
Latgalians
Tālava
Caupo of Turaida
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e
Livonian Crusade
Cēsis
Ümera
Turaida
1st Viljandi
Lehola
Riga
Otepää
St. Matthew's Day
Lindanise
Lihula
Tallinn
2nd Viljandi
Tartu
Muhu
Garoza

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