[MR] Battle of Crecy anniversary today

[Vels inn Viggladi]

And lets also not be quick to forget the cannons.
While the iron balls were modestly effective weapon for killing, the noise, fire and smoke certainly was effective in scaring the dung out of horse and man.

Or the work of the English to build a prepared fortified position.


Vels

> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:08:32 -0700
> From: syrrichard at yahoo.com
> 
> Indeed, God bless the archers who played a part in the battle of Crecy!
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> And let us not forget ...
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> King Edward III who chose a place of advantage known to him after years of hunting in this area
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> 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
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> 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
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> the absolute faiiure of the French command structure to organize the assault
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> the heat and the elevation of the hill on which the engagement was fought
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> and the valiant men of the vayward battle pf the Prince of Wales who turned back nearly every assault.
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> Yeah, there were some archers there, too. They were a part of the battle.
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> Syr Richard de Montbrai
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> --- On Thu, 8/26/10, Garth G. Groff <ggg9y at virginia.edu> wrote:
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> > From: Garth G. Groff <ggg9y at virginia.edu>
> > 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