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the battle of cravant

Friday, May 24th, 2013

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The english teamed with the burgundian forces to battle the french in the battle of cravant.The battle took on for several days and in the end the english won.With the help of the burgundian but they never sided again despite the win.

The army marched throughout 30 July and that evening, Four miles short of Cravant, sighted the enemy. The following day, having assessed the enemy position as too strong, they crossed the river Yonne and attempted to reach Cravant by another route. Approaching the town from across the river, the allies saw that the French army had changed position and was now waiting for them on the other bank.they were at a bank of water and neither of the teams even dared to cross for 3 hours.

The french side called with arrows the english replied with their own arrows and cross bow bolts.The french fled further back giving the english side the chance to cross the river,they took advantage of that and crossed.The water was waist up so they were moving quite slowly.Giving the french more time to retreat.

The english side had around 1,500 people 500 english 1000 burgundian,2000 archers and 4000 burgundian forces.the french had around 2 to 3 times more people.

I took some pictures of the battle i recreated i would make a video but this stupid blogging site wont let me upload it the file was to big well anyways hope you enjoy the pictures i took.