[Archers] RE [MR] Battle of Crécy

[loreleielkins at aol.com]

 An interesting fact about Crecy.  In Mike Loades new book on the longbow he puts forth the theory that english longbowman didn't do a lot of long range volleying (some but not a lot) . On of his supporting facts is that at Crecy the French had trouble fighting over the mounds of their dead.  That isn't something that happens at two hundred yards but rather right in front of the English lines.  If you think about it. Which scenario would you have a better chance to survive.  a) a thousand arrows raining down from two hundred yards away or b) a thousand arrows loosed in a straight line at fifty yards from the enemy lines.  We know the English didn't start winning with the longbow in a big way until they started providing protection to their archers and an archer doesn't need a lot of protection if he is shooting at an army two hundred yards away.  But archers who are putting sustained fire into an enemy from say eighty to ten yards will require protection or they will tend to not stand and loose.
 
 

On 08/26/14, via Atlantia<atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org> wrote:
 
Thanks for posting, Mungo. I love your history updates.


Lorelei



-----Original Message-----
From: Garth Groff <sarahsan at embarqmail.com>
To: Merry Rose <atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org>; archers <archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Tue, Aug 26, 2014 4:51 am
Subject: [Archers] Battle of Crécy


Noble Friends, Especially Fellow Archers

Today marks the 668th anniversary of the Battle of Crécy: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Crécy . The lopsided victory by 
Edward III's English army over the much larger French force proved the 
superiority English longbow over armored knights. Unfortunately for the 
French, they took a long time learning to stay out of the longbow's 
range, and suffered many more defeats in the 100 Years War, including 
Poitiers and Agincourt.

Yours Aye,


Lord Mungo Napier, The Archer of Mallard Lodge
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