Everywhere the revolt met with disaster.

The Muelhausen insurgents were destroyed at Frankenhausen by forces of the Count of Hesse, of the Duke of Brunswick, and of the Duke of Saxony.

This was on May 15th.

Three days before the defeat at Frankenhausen, on May 12th, a decisive defeat was inflicted on the peasants by the forces of the Swabian League, under Truchsess, at Boeblingen, in Wuertemberg.

Savage ferocity signalized the treatment of the defeated peasants by the soldiery of the nobles.