Wagon fort the square would usually be the cavalry. There were two principal stages of the battle using the wagon fort: defensive and counterattack. The defensive part would be a pounding of the enemy with artillery. The Hussite artillery was a primitive form of a howitzer, called in Czech a "houfnice", from which the English word howitzer comes. Also, they called their guns the Czech word "píšťala" (hand cannon), meaning that they were shaped like a pipe or a fife, from which the English word pistol is possibly derived. When the enemy would come close to the wagon fort, crossbowmen and hand-gunners
Czech name thousands of Czech surnames (singular and plural: "příjmení"). These are similar in origin to English ones and may reflect: What is not shared with English but is similar to North American native languages is the extremely colorful nature of some Czech surnames, such as "Brzobohatý" (Soon to be rich), "Volopich" (Pricking an ox), "Urvinitka" (Tear a string), "Rádsetoulal" (Liked wandering around), "Stojaspal" (Slept standing), "Vítámvás" (I welcome you), "Tenkrát" (Back in those days), "Schovajsa" (Hide yourself!), "Nebojsa" (Don't be afraid!), "Skočdopole" (Jump in a field!), "Vozihnoj" (Driving with manure), "Osolsobě" (Salt for yourself!), "Ventluka" (Knocking outward), "Nejezchleba" (Don't eat bread!),