chaos and sank, drowning many of the fleeing infantry and knights. Others sought hiding places where they could, and, ill-equipped to overnight in the prevailing terrible cold, died of exposure. Although the victorious Swiss performed at best a sloppy pursuit, focusing more on pillaging than on a systematic pursuit (another of their customs), by the end of the battle several thousand Swabian corpses nonetheless littered the battlefield, and were eventually buried in a mass grave outside the Chapel of Hard. References References Richards, John: Landsknecht Soldier 1486-1550, Osprey Publishing 2002. . SFwV SSGA: 500 Jahre Schlacht bei Hard, 1999?. In German. URL last accessed 2006-09-12. 1499 in Europe Hard Hard Conflicts in 1499