The story of the middle ages; an elementary history for sixth and seventh grades . 236 TBE SrOBY OF THE MIDDLE AGES of Edward III. to the French crown; and he thought that now, when the French nobk^s were fighting among „. „ „ themselves, was a fine opportunity to make King Henry V. t i • of England. ^|j.^^ cUlim gOOd. So, in the year 1415, King Henry landed with an army in France, andbegan again the old,old struggle. Again,after a few months,the English foundtheir retreat cut off,at Agincourt, not farfrom Crecy, by amuch larger army ofthe French. ButKing Henry remem-bered the former vic-torie
The story of the middle ages; an elementary history for sixth and seventh grades . 236 TBE SrOBY OF THE MIDDLE AGES of Edward III. to the French crown; and he thought that now, when the French nobk^s were fighting among „. „ „ themselves, was a fine opportunity to make King Henry V. t i • of England. ^|j.^^ cUlim gOOd. So, in the year 1415, King Henry landed with an army in France, andbegan again the old,old struggle. Again,after a few months,the English foundtheir retreat cut off,at Agincourt, not farfrom Crecy, by amuch larger army ofthe French. ButKing Henry remem-bered the former vic-tories of the ,and did not one of hisknights Avished thatthe thousands ofwarriors then lyingidle in England wereonly there, KingHenry exclaimed:I would not havea single man more. H God gives us the victory, itwill be plain that we owe it to His grace. If not, thefewer we are, the less loss to England. At Agincourt, there was no sheltering hedge to pro-tect the English archers. To make up for this. KingHenry ordered each man to provide himself with tall. HALBERDS, BILLS. AND PIKES MIDDLE PEBIOD OF THE STEUGGLE 237 stakes, sharpened at each end; these they planted slant-wise in the ground, as a protection against Frenchhorsemen. Most of the English force was English victory at again made up of archers, with the long- Agincourt ts -i (1415). bow; while most of the French were knights, in full armor. The French seemed to haveforgotten all that Du Guesclin and Charles V. hadtaught them. To make matters worse, their knightsdismounted, and sought to march upon the Englishposition on foot. As the field through which they hadto pass was newly plowed, and wet with rain, theheavy-armed knights sank knee-deep in mud, at everystep. For the third time, the English victory was thousand Frenchmen were left dead upon thefield, and among the number were more than a hun-. dred great lords and princes. In after years Englishmen sang of the wonderfulvictory
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