Nearly 8000 Saxon soldiers are killed and many more inured in battle at Homburg on the Unstrut, while the Army of King Henry IV. loses more than 1500 men.

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Related Conflict :	Saxon Wars of Henry IV. (1067-1075 AD), Battle at Homburg on the Unstrut
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Henry IV. (HRE) Origin: Mixed Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: attack, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Saxon Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: losses
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Berthold of Reichenau, Chronicon (Berthold of Reichenau) 1075Berthold of Reichenau Chronicon (Berthold of Reichenau) 1075 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Homburg on the Unstrut (Homburg on the Unstrut)
Time Periode :	Salian Period
Century :	A.D. 11
Year :	A.D. 1075
Month :	June
Day :	9
Season :	Summer
Context :	battle
Motivation :	tactical/strategical
Long-Term Consequence :	plunder
Original Text :	Et ceciderunt ex eis ad VIII ferme milia. Plures autem vulnerati vix fuga dilapsi sunt. Nostrates tandem victoria quamvis cruenta potiti, quippe ex eis plus quam mille quingenti interfecti sunt,
Translation :	-
Edition :	I. S. Robinson: Bertholds und Bernolds Chroniken (FSGA 14), Darmstadt, 20-277.
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