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A small river, the Maye, runs through the town. History. Crécy-en-Ponthieu is best known as the site of the Battle of Crécy in 1346, one of the earliest and most important battles of the Hundred Years' War . There are other significant historical links.
Notes. 1 Text XXXII in the second volume of Anne Merlin-Chazelas’ Documents relatifs au Clos des galées de Rouen et aux armées de mer du roi de France de 1293 à 1418 deals with the Genoese galleys under Carlo Grimaldi, and Saint-Valery is one of the main provisioning sites in their voyage up the northern coast of France, with Crotoy playing a supplementary role.
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Crecy en Ponthieu is famous for the battle of Crecy, one of the early battles of the 100 Years War, when the English defeated the French on the hillside to the north (which is open to the public). In that context this museum is an absolute must when you're in town. Run by an enthusiastic group of locals it tells the story of the battle ...
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The English deployed themselves between the villages of Wadincourt and Crécy-en-Ponthieu. Before the English army was a ridge which gradually fell away to open land and behind the army was a forest. Edward's front line covered the whole of the front slope with 1,800 phalanx and men-at-arms on the right and 800 on the left.
Initially it was hoped that around 10,000 men would be saved, but thanks to low-lying cloud and more than 1750 vessels – including pleasure cruisers, fishing boats and river ferries – 140,000 French and more than 200,000 British soldiers were successfully shipped back to England.
On August 25 he selected a defensive position near the village of Crécy-en-Ponthieu. High ground overlooked a gentle slope over which the French would have to advance. The English right was anchored by the Maye River. The left, just in front of the village of Wadicourt, was protected by a great wood 4 miles deep and 10 miles long.
