Battle of Warns

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Battle of Warns
The monument of the battle of Warns in Friesland. It says, in Frisian, "Better to be dead than a slave".
Date 26 September 1345 Location Stavoren, Warns, West Frisia (Friesland) Result Victory for the Frisians, West Frisia not under Hollandic subjugation.
Belligerents
County of Holland	Frisia
Commanders and leaders
William IV of Holland †	Frisians
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Warns (West Frisian: Slach by Warns; Dutch: Slag bij Warns) was a battle of the Friso-Hollandic Wars between Count William IV of Holland and the Frisians which took place on 26 September 1345. The annual commemoration of the battle is important for many nationalist Frisians. The Frisians won the battle and repelled the 'Hollanders' from the eastern coast of the Zuiderzee.^[1]