Agincourt

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Does anyone know the final casualties and statistics for the Battle of Agincourt??? I am aware of who what and where i am just in need of stats. thanks.

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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sandie.poll/agincourt.htm


agincourt, pas-de-calais, france, 25/10/1415

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When King Henry V renewed the claim to France initiated by his great-grandfather, Edward III, he landed his army at Harfleur and began a long, exhausting siege. It took Henry six weeks to gain this foothold, and having suffered an incredible 4,000 casualties in the process, he now decided to cut his losses and make for Calais. But the French, now organised and eager to regain their honour, decided to prevent him crossing the River Somme. As they raced to reach crossing after crossing, the French repeatedly denied them, and so drove the English deeper and deeper into hostile territory. The remnants of Henry's army did eventually forge a crossing and turn north to Calais, but the French, long decided on battle, intercepted them near the village of Agincourt.

Henry's 5,700 lightly equipped men were starved, exhausted, and outnumbered by at least five to one, but just as at Cr?cy 70 years before, the English expertise with the longbow would prove decisive. Even though the French were mainly armoured and mounted, the narrow, muddy battlefield meant that they soon became tangled up, and the English archers took advantage. A whole generation of French nobility was wiped out - 500 knights including the commander, Charles d'Albret - along with 5,000 other soldiers. Fewer than 200 Englishmen died.

The 26-year-old Henry's staggering victory enabled him to go on to conquer Normandy (1417-19) and control most of France. By the Treaty of Troyes (1420), King Charles VI declared Henry his regent and the heir to the French throne. Unfortunately Henry would die just weeks before Charles, and so never did become King of both lands proper. His son, however, did, and Henry VI was propelled onto centre stage at the age of just 9 months. Sadly he would, in time, lose not only France, but England too - deposed by Edward IV during the Wars of the Roses, and so the last of the Lancastrian dynasty.

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thanks alot, thats what ive been looking for. take care.