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battle of agincourt 5th October 1415 - Coggle Diagram
battle of agincourt 5th October 1415
background
Henry V was king
spent a lot of time fighting in France
as part of the hundred years' war
reputation of a wonderful military leader
all this fighting left financial problems
English army land in france and attack
the french rush to stop them
French heavily outnumbered the English some estimated 60 000 to 6000
delayed and many soldiers get ill.
The english advance
the battle field was on a plain with woods either side this forces the sides into a narrow field of combat benifiting the english archers
the english line up in 3 ranks left to right the french in three ranks one behind the other
the two sides waited for 4 hours until henry gave the order to close the gap to the french they drove stakes into the ground to stop the french calvalry attack
The sides were now only 300 yards apart the longbowmen started firing
the french attack
the muddy field hindered the heavily armered french calvalry difficult to get up
the archers began to fire ten arrows per minute the french calvalry attack many horses were shot and
why did england win?
french mistakes
retreating soldiers crashed into their own advancing men
the french attacks were chaotic they rushed in an undisciplined mob and were so tightly packed they could not lift their weapons.
they did not attack when the english were advancing and use their superior numbers
english luck
forest narrowed the battle field squeezing the french together
when the french eventually reached the english army
the battle field was muddy making attacking difficult for the french
english army
each archer could fire 10 arrows per minute and fly 300 yards
they were well trained and disciplined the English longbow men were among the best countries in Europe
the attacks of the English archers were immensely effective
the archers aimed for the horses and the soldiers were heavily armoured. wounded horses threw their riders into the mud
Henry V's leadership
he provoked the french into attacking the flanks
he ordered the prisoners to be killed as he wanted to be ready for the french counter attack
ordered stakes to be placed into the ground to stop charging horses.
