The Road to Cr???cy tells the story of the English expedition to France in 1346 which climaxed with the battle of Cr???cy. On 26 August 1346, an English army of perhaps 12,000 men under the command of King Edward III faced a combined French and German force five times their number under King Philip VI. A few hours later, thousands of French knights and auxiliary troops lay dead or dying on the slopes of the ridge, shot down as they advanced by English and Welsh archers. King Philip, wounded twice by enemy arrows, had fled ...
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The Road to Cr???cy tells the story of the English expedition to France in 1346 which climaxed with the battle of Cr???cy. On 26 August 1346, an English army of perhaps 12,000 men under the command of King Edward III faced a combined French and German force five times their number under King Philip VI. A few hours later, thousands of French knights and auxiliary troops lay dead or dying on the slopes of the ridge, shot down as they advanced by English and Welsh archers. King Philip, wounded twice by enemy arrows, had fled the field. The events of those few hours had changed the course of the Hundred Years War, the balance of military power in Western Europe, and the nature of warfare itself.
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New. 'The Road to Crecy' is a graphically detailed account of one of the great battles of the Hundred Years War, when England broke France's stronghold on Europe. More dramatic, decisive and bloody than Agincourt, it heralded a new era in warfare. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 734. 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
