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 . London,a prisoner. Meanwhile,Edward pushed on toCalais and besieged thetown. The brave defen-ders held out for a wholeyear, and when they sur-rendered in 1347, it was only because they were was so angry at the resistance he had met with,that he ordered six of the leading citizens to come to himwith ropes about their necks. He intended to hang them,but his wife, Queen Philippa, begged so earnestly for theirlives that he released them. H
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 . London,a prisoner. Meanwhile,Edward pushed on toCalais and besieged thetown. The brave defen-ders held out for a wholeyear, and when they sur-rendered in 1347, it was only because they were was so angry at the resistance he had met with,that he ordered six of the leading citizens to come to himwith ropes about their necks. He intended to hang them,but his wife, Queen Philippa, begged so earnestly for theirlives that he released them. He now drove from Calaisthe Frenchmen who refused to swear allegiance to him,and made it an English colony. The city remained in thepossession of England for over two hundred years. Edward offered to make peace if King John, who hadsucceeded Philip, would give him the full sovereignty ofAquitaine; but this John refused to do. In 1355 thewar was renewed and the Black Prince led a plunder-ing . expedition through southern France. The nextyear he swept through central France and l)egan hisreturn march with eight thousand men guarding his load. An English Archer 86 HISTORY OF ENGLAND [1355-60 of plunder. When near Poitiers, south of the Loire, hewas overtaken by King John with fifty thousand French-men. With the exception that Johndismounted the greater part of hisknights, the tactics of Crecy wererepeated, with results more disastrousto the French. The English weredrawn up on both sides of a longlane, behind hedges which protectedthem. As the French came charging - down the lane, both men and horsesBattle of i^oixiERs ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ remainder stopped and fled in terror. The English charged upon thefugitives, and attacked the French reserve force both in
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