though outnumbered and comparatively ill-equipped Supply , facing Confronting_problem heavily armoured knights , the hussites had fortified Cause_change_of_strength their surroundings ingeniously .

though the catholic royalists were not entirely defeated Conquering , the fact the hussites were able to inflict such heavy casualties Catastrophe with so few men , and then escape Escaping soundly proved to be a great victory .

Only 400 hussites - farmers and townsmen , including women and children - beat Preventing_or_letting the 2,000-strong force of heavily armoured cavalry .