The British nation a history / by George MWrong . the narrow seas, and in August, 1350, EdwardRenewed war. attacked their fleet between Winchelsea and Maval victory-over the Span- Sluys. A desperate struggle followed. Eng- m,^^^, ??^P^. lands chivalry was there—the king, the The battle IS ^ . * sometimes Prmcc of Wales, and the chief nobility—and called that of jj^ ^]^g evening Edward landed at Winchel- Les Espa- . » 1 « -n t i • gnois Sur Mer. sea, the Winner of the first great English vic-tory over the Spaniards upon the seas. Hispeople called him King of the Seas —an early claimto their sup
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . the narrow seas, and in August, 1350, EdwardRenewed war. attacked their fleet between Winchelsea and Maval victory-over the Span- Sluys. A desperate struggle followed. Eng- m,^^^, ??^P^. lands chivalry was there—the king, the The battle IS ^ . * sometimes Prmcc of Wales, and the chief nobility—and called that of jj^ ^]^g evening Edward landed at Winchel- Les Espa- . » 1 « -n t i • gnois Sur Mer. sea, the Winner of the first great English vic-tory over the Spaniards upon the seas. Hispeople called him King of the Seas —an early claimto their supremacy in sea power. The war with France and Scotland continued. At„ ,., , Mauron, in Brittany, the French met with dis- English victory . t » over the French astcr in 1352, and four years later came a de-atPoitiers, fg^t almost as Crushing as Crecy. Poitiers isthe second great English victory on the Con-tinent. Edward, Prince of Wales, known as The BlackPrince, had marched out from Bordeaux to ravage the 180 THE BRITISH NATION. The Castle Defence Before The bow and cross-bow. Boutli of France and had gathered a huge mass of bootywhen a Frencli army under King Jolm and his son riiilipattacked him near triumph of the Englishwas complete, and King Johnand his son remained prisonersin their hands. After Poitiers,the French, inferior in the openfield, preferred to shut tlicni-selves up within The French now n j j. i offer better called towns and resistance. The to Icavc the enemy introduction of i n ,1 artillery. ^o harry the coun- try, but the advan-tages of this defensive warfarewere lessened by the use ofartillery, which began in tliesecond quarter of this century. Cannon were invented before the smaller arms, but ourgeneration, strong for destruction, smiles at their feeble-ness. Stones were often used as cannon-balls, and onlyabout three shots could be fired in an hour. Yet with the appearance of can-non the glory ofthe media3val cas-tle d
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