HI123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jean Le Maingre
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English conducted a strategy of raid or chevauch es. English tried to dishonor the french king to try and get the french nobles to come to their side. The battle of cr cy, august 26th 1346, was a major english victory. 10 years later, the battle of poitiers, september 19th 1356, was another major. English victory, which resulted in the capture of the french king john ii: resulted with 200 deaths and french king the john ii captured. The english developed their tactics into a system. The english tactical system involved dismounted men-at-arms at the center with large numbers of archers on the wings, all fighting on the defensive. The tactics of the french were also evolving. The french, for example, had learned that cavalry was extremely vulnerable to arrow fire. After poitiers, the french men-at-arms tended to fight on foot. The french had also learned that they had to solve the problem of the (cid:498)english recipe for victory(cid:499) longbow.
