[MR] Battle of Crecy anniversary today

[Richard Mowbray]

Indeed, God bless the archers who played a part in the battle of Crecy!

And let us not forget ...

King Edward III who chose a place of advantage known to him after years of hunting in this area

the strength and skill of English men-at-arms who fought off the repeated attacks of the French as they survived the arrows to assault the English line over and over again

the narrow paths and stubborn vines that added to the pitfalls dug by the English and Welsh soldiers to break the legs of French destriers

the absolute faiiure of the French command structure to organize the assault

the heat and the elevation of the hill on which the engagement was fought

and the valiant men of the vayward battle pf the Prince of Wales who turned back nearly every assault.

Yeah, there were some archers there, too. They were a part of the battle.

Syr Richard de Montbrai





--- On Thu, 8/26/10, Garth G. Groff <ggg9y at virginia.edu> wrote:

> From: Garth G. Groff <ggg9y at virginia.edu>
> Subject: [MR] Battle of Crecy anniversary today
> To: Atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org, Archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org, isenfir at virginia.edu
> Date: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 7:17 AM
> Noble friends,
> 
> Today is the 664th aniversary of the Battle of Crecy
> (1346), which thanks to the English longbow archers rewrote
> the book on European battle tactics. Wikipedia has a very
> well done summary of the battle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Crecy .
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> 
> Lord Mungo Napier, Archer of Mallard Lodge
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