A short history of England, from the earliest times to the present day . d Siege of ^^^ l^i^l siege to Harfleur, and took it. Dysentery, Harfleur. however, broke out in the camp, and when a garrisonhad been told off for the defence of the town, Henry found thathe had only nine hundred men-at-arms and five thousand archersremaining efficient. With these ho rashly determined to march along the coast to Calais. On their way the little band suffered terrible privations, and Themarciito when they reached Blanchetaque, where Edward HI. Calais. j^^^j crossed the Somme, they found the ford guarded, 14
A short history of England, from the earliest times to the present day . d Siege of ^^^ l^i^l siege to Harfleur, and took it. Dysentery, Harfleur. however, broke out in the camp, and when a garrisonhad been told off for the defence of the town, Henry found thathe had only nine hundred men-at-arms and five thousand archersremaining efficient. With these ho rashly determined to march along the coast to Calais. On their way the little band suffered terrible privations, and Themarciito when they reached Blanchetaque, where Edward HI. Calais. j^^^j crossed the Somme, they found the ford guarded, 1415.] Henry V, MS and there was nothing for it but to march up the river, in hopes offinding some means of getting across. But all the fords and bridgeswere guarded, and it was not till the English had advanced almostto the source of the Somme that they succeeded in crossing theriver, and they then found that the constable of France, with theDuke of Orleans, and a large army had barred the road to Calais atAgincourt. Henry had no choice but to fight or surrender, so he. Walker i-rJioutallScNOBTH OP FRANCE, TO ILLUSTRATE THE CAMPAieNS OF CRECT AND AGINCOUET. and his little army faced the French and prepared to make a braveresistance. The French are said to have outnumbered the English by Bevento one. They had no archers, but relied on their men-at-arms,the great body of whom, as at Poitiers, fought Arrangementson foot. The constable was a bad- general, and of ti^-e battle,he drew up his men in such a fashion as to tlu-ow away all the 146 House of Lancaster. [1415- advantage whicli Ms numbers gave him. At tlie point chosen forthe fight the road ran between two woods, and the constable drewup his forces in three divisions, one behind the other, the frontstretching from wood to wood. The result of this plan was thatthe front of the first division was only equal in length to that of theEnglish, so that the French gave up all chance of outflankingtheir opponents. Had the field of batt
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