Four thousand defenders of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilenai" id="mwIw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pilenai">Pilenai</a> commit <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_suicide" id="mwJA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mass suicide">mass suicide</a> rather than be taken captive by the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutonic_Knights" id="mwJQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Teutonic Knights">Teutonic Knights</a>.