The British nation a history / by George MWrong . s his own people. William wasat Hastings, and his army engaged insystematic pillage and destruction. OnOctober 13 Harold marched out of Lon-don to meet him, and on the 13th hetook up his position on rising ground,known later as the Hill of Senlac,seven miles from Hastings, where nowstands the town of Battle. The posi-tion was skilfully chosen. The Eng-NoKMAN Arciiei!, lOfiG. Hsh army apparently intrenched itselfThis short-bow was on high ground, and the attackingmuch less formidable f^^.^^ ^^^^ ^^ surmount both the hill than the long-bow of i i
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . s his own people. William wasat Hastings, and his army engaged insystematic pillage and destruction. OnOctober 13 Harold marched out of Lon-don to meet him, and on the 13th hetook up his position on rising ground,known later as the Hill of Senlac,seven miles from Hastings, where nowstands the town of Battle. The posi-tion was skilfully chosen. The Eng-NoKMAN Arciiei!, lOfiG. Hsh army apparently intrenched itselfThis short-bow was on high ground, and the attackingmuch less formidable f^^.^^ ^^^^ ^^ surmount both the hill than the long-bow of i i • tt i i aiatera-e. and thcse Hitrenchnients. Harold sur- rounded himself in the centre withhis own trained House Carls, and the undisciplinedforce on his two wings had, like the centre, the advan-tage of cover, which they Avere ordered not to leave. The battle ofHastings, so mo-mentous in Eng-lish history, gavelittle occasion forthe complicatedtactics of laterwarfare. Haroldwas in a strong position, and Will-iam attempted toseize it, nuiiuly. Battle of IIastixgs. by hand-to-hand fighting. Uiuloubtedly the Xormans were the better armed and disciplined. The battle began at nine iu the FROM THE ENGLISH TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST 59 y. The battleof Hastings,or Senlac,Oct. 14, 1066
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