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<font face="Arial">Noble Friends, Especially Fellow Archers,<br>
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On this date in 1346, a large French army was defeated by a
smaller English force led by Edward III, King of England, at the
Battle of </font><font face="Arial"><span style="color: rgb(34,
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255); display: inline !important; float: none;">Crécy during the
Hundred Years<font face="Arial">' War</font>. This battle was
won largely b<font face="Arial">y the careful positioning of the
English army on a field of their choice, and by English
archers using the yew longbow with devastating effect. </font></span></font><font
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face="Arial"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:
sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;
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widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust:
auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float:
none;">Crécy established the tactical <font face="Arial">superiority</font>
(and fame) of longbow-heavy armies, though Edward had
already tested his archers in two major battles against the
Scots.</span> </font></span><br>
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You can read about the battle at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Crécy">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Crécy</a> .<br>
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Yours Aye,<br>
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Mungo Napier, Archer of Mallard Lodge<br>
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