Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . 1340 attacked the French off Sluys, on theNetherland coast. In the battle that followed, the Frenchwere defeated with great loss. No man dared tell thenews to Philip until his court jester said, Those Eng-lish are terrible cowards. Why? said Philip. Be-cause they were afraid to leap into the sea as our braveFrench did, said the clown. Six years later, Edward landed in Normandy, ravagedthe country and then began a march across France tojoin his allies
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . 1340 attacked the French off Sluys, on theNetherland coast. In the battle that followed, the Frenchwere defeated with great loss. No man dared tell thenews to Philip until his court jester said, Those Eng-lish are terrible cowards. Why? said Philip. Be-cause they were afraid to leap into the sea as our braveFrench did, said the clown. Six years later, Edward landed in Normandy, ravagedthe country and then began a march across France tojoin his allies in Flanders. Philip pursued, and the Eng-lish army awaited attack at Crecy, where in 1346 wasfought one of the most famous battles of English French king was depending mainly on his«mountedknights, clad in armour, who fought with sword andlance. He had also fifteen thousand Genoese archers, whofought with the crossbow, an awkward weapon, whichhad to be wound up with wheel and ratchet to set thestring every time it was discharged. The English archers,who formed the main body of Edwards army used the 84 HISTORY OF ENGLAND [1346. long-bow and heavy arrows tipped with barbs of practice enabled them to use this weapon with fataleffect at three hundred yards, whileat close range the knights armourwas no protection against its deadlyforce. The English army was drawn up in three divisions. Two divisions formed the line of battle, and the third was kept in the rear as a reserve. Ed- Battle op Crecy ward dismounted his knights and placed them among the archers with levelled spears. Philip sent the Genoese crossbowmen forward to open the battle, but a heavy rain had just wet their bowstrings and made their weapons useless. TheEnglish, who had kept their bowsin leather cases, drove them backwith a flight of arrows. Kill methose scoundrels! cried Philip,who took their forced retreat forcowardice. The French knightscharged upon the poor Genoeseand cut them down in ord
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