Battle of Wels

Battle of Wels
Part of the Hungarian invasions of Europe

The Hungarian campaign in Europe in 943. Battle of Wels marked.
Date10/12 August 943
Location
Wels, today Austria
Result Bavarian–Carantanian victory
Belligerents

East Francia

Principality of Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Berthold, Duke of Bavaria Unknown
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Heavy

The Battle of Wels (10[1]/12[2] August 943) was fought between a joint BavarianCarantanian army and a Hungarian force near Wels in the Traungau, on the plain of the Welser Heide, nowadays a part of Austria.

  1. ^ Pál Engel, Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526 (I. B. Tauris, 2005), p. 14.
  2. ^ Widukind of Corvey; Bernard S. Bachrach and David S. Bachrach (eds.), Deeds of the Saxons (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2014), p. 91.

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