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- A small river, the Maye, runs through the town.
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It gives its name to Crécy Forest, which starts about two kilometres to the south-west of the town and is one of the largest in the north of France. A small river, the Maye, runs through the town.
Aug 18, 2018 · Here are 10 facts about the Battle of Crécy. 1. It was preceded by the Battle of Sluys in 1340. Several years before the Battle of Crécy, King Edward’s invasion force encountered a French fleet off the coast of Sluys – then one of the best harbours in Europe. The first battle of the Hundred Years War ensued, during which the accuracy and ...
- Tristan Hughes
Feb 26, 2020 · The Battle of Crécy on 26 August 1346 CE saw an English army defeat a much larger French force in the first great battle of the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453 CE). Edward III of England (r. 1327-1377 CE) and his son Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376 CE) led their professional army to victory thanks to a good choice of terrain, troop discipline ...
- Mark Cartwright
Sep 29, 2015 · For over 250 years it has been believed that the Battle of Crécy, one of the most famous battles of the Middle Ages, was fought just north of the French town of Crécy-en-Ponthieu in Picardy. Now, a new book that contains the most intensive examination of sources about the battle to date, offers convincing evidence that the fourteenth-century battle instead took place 5.5 km to the south.
Jan 12, 2022 · Crécy was a victory of professionalism, combined arms, and tactical finesse over a chaotic host of feudal chivalry. It stands with Courtrai (1302), Bannockburn (1314), Morgarten (1315), and a number of other early 14th-century battles as the harbinger of a new way of war based on control, discipline, and solid infantry.
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Events: The Battle of Crécy was fought on a flat plain that was flanked by woods and a river. The French army outnumbered the English by a significant margin, with estimates ranging from 35,000 to 100,000 men. The English army consisted of around 10,000 men, including archers, men-at-arms, and mounted knights.
Eyewitness accounts and contemporary secondary sources provide much detail, from a variety of perspectives, on many of the engagements that took place along the English line of march – from the skirmishes in the Cotentin, through the storming of a series of towns, most notably Caen on 26 July, to the climactic encounter at Crécy-en-Ponthieu ...
