![]() ![]() Three others in that crew never escaped and died inside their tank.Ī German Panther tank was parked in front of the cathedral, Makos said, "daring anyone else to come forward." Kellner was carried to a shellhole, Makos said - where he bled to death. He was bleeding." That tank's gunner also escaped and dove to the ground. His right leg, Makos said, "had been torn off at the knee. He had been severely injured by the attack. ![]() Karl Kellner, just 26 years old and already a Silver Star medal recipient. One of those tanks was hit by German fire and some of the crew evacuated. "Once they took the cathedral, the battle would be won." He remained undefeated thereafter for the next twenty-five years.Makos said the battle in Cologne was nearly over on that day, and two Sherman tanks were moving toward the Cologne Cathedral. He fell on the army of Chilperic II, and at the Battle of Amblève near Amel as they returned triumphantly from Cologne, crushed their army. Once in the mountains of the Eifel, Charles began to rally his supporters, and in short order was ready to do battle. The Neustrians compelled Plectrude to acknowledge as king Chilperic, the son of Childeric II, having taken this Merovingian from the seclusion of the cloister, where he lived under the name of Daniel. Cologne fell after a short siege to King Chilperic and the Neustrians. Outside of Cologne, held by Plectrude, an ill-prepared Charles Martel was defeated by Radbod, and forced to flee to the mountains of the Eifel. Simultaneously Radbod, King of Frisia invaded Austrasia and allied with the king and the Neustrians. In 716, the king of the Franks, Chilperic II, and Ragenfrid, the mayor of the palace of Neustria, invaded Austrasia to impose their will on the competing factions there: those of Theudoald and Plectrude, grandson (and designated heir) and widow respectively of Martel's father Pepin of Heristal, and those of Martel himself, newly escaped from Plectrude's Cologne prison and acclaimed mayor of the palace of Austrasia. The battle is known chiefly as the first battle of Charles Martel's command and is the only defeat of his life. The Battle of Cologne was fought near the city of Köln (English: Cologne) (now part of Germany) in the year 716 AD. ![]()
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