Concealing the footmen in a thicket, he, at the head of thirty horsemen, rode boldly to the gates of the castle, bidding defiance, with all the utterances and gesticulations of contempt, to the whole garrison.

Those on the ramparts, stung by the insult, rushed out to chastise so impudent a challenge.

The footmen rose from their ambush, and assailants and assailed rushed pell mell in at the open gates of the castle.

The garrison were cut down or taken captive, and the fortress demolished.
Another party had fled to the castle of Uttleberg.

By an ingenious stratagem, this castle was also taken.