The siege began Process_start with knights , infantry , and siege Besieging engines and included Cause_to_be_included the plundering of the environs of the city and assaults on its walls .

According to the `` Chronica '' , `` during the time when Alfonso was at war with the rebel Hostile_encounter nobles ... the King of Aragon had mobilised sizeable armies of knights and infantrymen ... had traveled Traveling then beyond his own borders to Gascony [ where ] he surrounded Surrounding the city of Bayonne which is located near the Garonne River . ''

Besides the aforementioned knights , infantry , and siege Besieging engines , Alfonso also blockaded Besieging the city with ships on the river Adour .

( The small Ordain of Russian knights for exception of its active member Alexander von Benckendorff also joined Becoming_a_member the Union of Prosperity together with the members of the Union of Salvation . )

Every time the enemy turns to attack Attack the archers , these withdraw Escaping in among their own knights , where they are safe , and from where they emerge Coming_to_be later and start shooting Use_firearm again .

When exhaustion again overcomes them without Fortune having given Giving any indication of where the advantage lies , a fresh truce is arranged Arranging , during which the knights rub down their horses and themselves , bandage wounds , rest , talk , exchange prisoners and captured Conquering horses , send Sending each other wine and clear up the ground of the wounded and those thrown Motion from their horses and unable to get up Self_motion , lest these be trampled Destroying when the fighting Hostile_encounter resumes ; indeed , the scene is such that all of them might have been thought the greatest friends , instead of enemies .

The `` Declaratio Ferdinandei '' exempted knights and some of the cities under the jurisdiction Control of an ecclesiastical prince if they had practiced Practice Lutheranism for some time ( Lutheranism was the only branch of Protestantism recognized Know under the Peace ) .

The Imperial army had an artillery train and a small force of armoured knights , although it is not known Know whether these fought Hostile_encounter on horseback , or , as was often their custom , on foot Connect amongst the infantry pike columns .

Some Imperial troops fled Escaping to Bregenz , others attempted to board three nearby ships , which overturned Process_end in the chaos and sank Motion_directional , drowning Death many of the fleeing infantry and knights .

The castles of the period were easily defensible , and so the fighting was mostly attrition warfare , comprising Cause_to_be_included sieges , raiding and skirmishing between armies of knights and footsoldiers , many of them mercenaries .

Among those killed Killing in the battle was a relatively obscure Frankish commander , Roland , whose death elevated Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale him and the paladins , the foremost warriors of Charlemagne 's court , into legend , becoming Becoming the quintessential role model for knights and also greatly influencing Influence the code of chivalry in the Middle Ages .

Also under the `` Declaratio Ferdinandei '' , Lutheran knights were given Giving the freedom Releasing to retain Defending their religion wherever they lived .

With an unknown number of knights , he attacked Attack the Mongols , killed Killing probably 400 Asiatic warriors , and defeated Conquering them .

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

Originally the knights moved Motion into the fortress as an ally of Poland against the Margraviate of Brandenburg .

However , after disputes over the control of the city between the Order and the King of Poland arose , the knights murdered Killing a number of citizens within the city and took Conquering it as their own .

Nonetheless , the Protestants chose Choosing not to veto Agree_or_refuse_to_act the measure and in return gained Getting the ' that protected Defending Protestant knights and long-established Protestant cities and communities , including those in territories where `` '' applied Using .