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To: spokeshave2

>>Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not posting here,<<

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The French at Agincourt were first drawn into a pre-planned killing field by Henry V, with little mobility, where the English peasant longbow archers could destroy them while remaining out of range of the Frenchmen’s weapons.

Hmm.


1,058 posted on 04/27/2018 6:53:35 PM PDT by Disestablishmentarian
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To: Disestablishmentarian
“Today, on Sliced Crispbreads day!”

In a narrowing corner with less and less room for the French cavalry as they advanced and were driven together toward the center. The muddy field did not help.

(The Farmer who owns the Champ says it is still pretty wet, a runnymeade.)

1,087 posted on 04/27/2018 7:15:30 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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