Battle Of Agincourt Research Paper
The Battle of Agincourt
Many correctly regard the Battle of Agincourt as a courageous English victory, a battle where men who were tired, hungry and standing in their own diarrhoea somehow found the will to fight against an enemy almost five times larger, and won. The other common thought is also the battle was won by the use of the longbow. This is not true. The victory went to the English because of French mistakes and the men who were holding the longbows.
The French army made many mistakes on Friday, the 25th of October, 1415, but their first was taking on the English forces on the field 500 yards from the castle called Agincourt. The French were too arrogant to even think about where they were fighting the English, because of their …show more content…
This happened with the cavalry and the men-at-arms. However, the situation was worse for the men who were on the ground than it usually would be. This is because all of the Frenchmen who had participated in the brainless charge were in full armour and it takes 3 men to lift up someone wearing this. However at Agincourt, where it had rained continuously for the days leading up to the battle, had mud that when moved around, which it had been by the horses, becomes ultra-sticky. The mud was also very deep in some areas and because the men in armour couldn’t move once they were on the ground, many drowned, including the Duke of York. But the effect of the mud didn’t end at some men lying unable to move and some men drowning, because anyone who made it to the other side was extremely tired due to every step in the mud being a struggle. So now, because of an inexplicable decision to charge, England faced a French army who were tired, depleted and couldn’t move properly. Also, because the field was so narrow the French army could only take on the English men one at a time. This is a key factor because it meant that the French fight the English at the 5:1 odds that they had in their favour. In fact, in many cases, the English had a group of men on one, because of the major factor of the battle, the
Many correctly regard the Battle of Agincourt as a courageous English victory, a battle where men who were tired, hungry and standing in their own diarrhoea somehow found the will to fight against an enemy almost five times larger, and won. The other common thought is also the battle was won by the use of the longbow. This is not true. The victory went to the English because of French mistakes and the men who were holding the longbows.
The French army made many mistakes on Friday, the 25th of October, 1415, but their first was taking on the English forces on the field 500 yards from the castle called Agincourt. The French were too arrogant to even think about where they were fighting the English, because of their …show more content…
This happened with the cavalry and the men-at-arms. However, the situation was worse for the men who were on the ground than it usually would be. This is because all of the Frenchmen who had participated in the brainless charge were in full armour and it takes 3 men to lift up someone wearing this. However at Agincourt, where it had rained continuously for the days leading up to the battle, had mud that when moved around, which it had been by the horses, becomes ultra-sticky. The mud was also very deep in some areas and because the men in armour couldn’t move once they were on the ground, many drowned, including the Duke of York. But the effect of the mud didn’t end at some men lying unable to move and some men drowning, because anyone who made it to the other side was extremely tired due to every step in the mud being a struggle. So now, because of an inexplicable decision to charge, England faced a French army who were tired, depleted and couldn’t move properly. Also, because the field was so narrow the French army could only take on the English men one at a time. This is a key factor because it meant that the French fight the English at the 5:1 odds that they had in their favour. In fact, in many cases, the English had a group of men on one, because of the major factor of the battle, the