De bello contra terram de Wohenstorph" et expugnacione castri Cap ostete.
The Storming of Capostete
Guided by Tirsko, the commander of Königsberg surprises the land of Wohenstorph and violently storms the fortress of Capostete, reducing it to ashes with many slain and captured.
And because this same Tirsko had thorough knowledge of the road to the neighboring lands, the commander of Königsberg therefore entered the land of Wohenstorph unexpectedly, with an army of Sambians and Tirsko as their guide; and after ladders were set against the walls and everything needed for the assault was arranged in the proper manner, he violently stormed the fortress of Capostete and reduced it to ashes, with many men captured and killed in that fortress and its territory, and the whole territory laid waste by plundering and fire.12
Read the original Latin
Et quia idem Tirsko plenam habuit noticiam vie ad terras vicinas, idcirco commendator de Kunigsbergk cum exercitu Sambitarum, dicto Tirskone ductore, intravit terram Wohenstorph improvise, et applicatis scalis ad menia, ordinatisque modo debito, que ad impugnacionem sunt necessaria, castrum Capostete violenter expugnavit, et in cinerem redegit, captis d et occisis in dicto Castro et territorio ipsius pluribus hominibus totoque territorio rapina et incendio devastato'.
Notes
- 1 ↩The abbreviation 'd' in the source (token 47) is unexpanded and uncertain — possibly 'decem' (ten) or another word. The translation omits it pending clarification.
- 2 ↩The final word of the source reads 'devastato'' with a trailing apostrophe, likely a scribal or transcription artifact. The normalized reading treats it as 'devastato'.
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