The Battle of Dog's Field

The Battle of Dog's Field was a minor conflict in Vichin in the aftermath of the Vichin Civil War, fought in 1407 outside the city of Thusham between the exiled Prince Eslaw and King Florence II over succession to the Vichin throne.
=== Background ===
Eslaw was the son of Casmer III the Great, the last of the Ostrow Dynasty, and some, including Duke Alghar Cadagan of Volynia, thought of him as a better contender to the crown than the Carinthian Florence, who had married Eslaw's cousin-once-removed, Hedwig of House Martel. 
=== The Battle ===
On the 16 May 1407, Eslaw crossed the Wrynova and fielded a force of 15.000 men, including 3.000 Sillingers and 2.000 men personally gathered by his 15-year-old son, Casmer, who took charge of the rear guard. Duke Alghar did not officially join forces with the exiled prince, but it is suspected that the Sillingers acted on his command.
Against them stood a host roughly twice their size, made up of wealthy farmers, loyalists, and the royal army of King Florence. Regardless of this, Eslaw's army charged the enemy downhill, slamming into the host. From there, the battle developed into a bloody and confused melee as the battlelines blurred and the ground ran slick with blood. Eslaw was mortally wounded by a spear thrust through his belly and shortly after, was slain by a sword blow to the throat.
=== Outcome ===
With this loss, the battle quickly dissolved into a rout. Casmer was wounded as well but was saved by one of his father's men, charged with his safety, who dragged him across Henryk's Bridge, where they escaped into the forests. The young man who slew Eslaw was knighted Sir Yargo of Dog's Field and later rose to become castellan of Thusham, but Duke Alghar, whom Florence suspected of treason, was soon after excommunicated by the church for heresy on the orders of King Florence.