. The story of Bayard : the good knight without fear and without reproach . HENRYS? EIGHTH KING of ENGLAND. CHAPTER XXX How King Henry VIII. landed in France and had a NarrowEscape of Capture by Bayard—How Therouanne wasbesieged by the King of England and the Emperor, andtaken at last--The Battle of Spurs—Bayards Exploits—He is taken Prisoner and released by his Cleverness. HOSTILITIES had been carried on for some timebetween the fleets of England and France, butin those days naval battles were of quite secondaryimportance ; great questions had to be settled onland. Louis XII., having most rel
. The story of Bayard : the good knight without fear and without reproach . HENRYS? EIGHTH KING of ENGLAND. CHAPTER XXX How King Henry VIII. landed in France and had a NarrowEscape of Capture by Bayard—How Therouanne wasbesieged by the King of England and the Emperor, andtaken at last--The Battle of Spurs—Bayards Exploits—He is taken Prisoner and released by his Cleverness. HOSTILITIES had been carried on for some timebetween the fleets of England and France, butin those days naval battles were of quite secondaryimportance ; great questions had to be settled onland. Louis XII., having most reluctantly with-drawn his troops from Italy, now prepared tomeet an invasion of Picardy by the sent a large body of troops to the assistanceof the lord of Piennes, Governor of Picardy,commanded by the finest captains of the kingdom,and amongst these was Bayard. In the monthof June 1513 a large army had landed withHenry VIII. near Calais; a most convenientplace for the invasion of France, as it was in 212 THE STORY OF BAYARD 213 possession of the English. A strong force wassent on to besi
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