The story began two months before the actual battle actually happen . A general named Henry led his army in France on August 14 near the Seine River. The objective of Henry V was to regain English territory lost to France. Henry led his army on the first task they had to do, which was to besiege and conquer a town and his outcome of the attack was successful. It took merely a month for them to become successful to do something that could have taken much longer. He soon found out that his numbers were very scarce so he couldn't attack the French yet. So he led his army to the north to “show force”” that would end at an English port.
On the morning of October 25, 1415, the French and Henry's army faced one another on a plowed field mudified by the overnight rain destroying it. Henrys army was mostly archers and the rest were armored knights. The French was made up of Knights that got support from archers. The English were very outnumbered by the French and this was very big problem. The French and the English were exchanging taunts and talked to each other trying to cause an attack. Henry led his army a bit closer for his archers to shoot arrows down onto the French. While the French charged them , they got stuck in the mud and they saw it very difficult to move around in. Henry kept unleashing a lot of arrows down on the French and soon the French began to retreat. While they were retreating Henrys archers picked up swords and began to attack the retreating French.
The French made two strong battalions that were close to Agincourt and Tramecourt. The French had a very narrow and advantageous piece of large land. During the nights of rain the French had been on horseback all night and the pages, grooms, and the others broke up the ground which began to become very difficult for the horses to walk in the soft soil. They were loaded with armor which made it more difficult to get around in the soft soil. The strong armor they had on made it very difficult and very immovable because of the long leg armor they had on and the very strong helmet and chest plates they had on. The English were prepared to fight again so the king threw up a baton called the Nestrocq which meant now strike. When the English saw this signal they immediately began to march against the French. The French were very surprised of this and they didn't not march towards them so the English got there archers and sent arrows upon them. The French began to retreat but most of them were wounded by the arrows and this made it difficult for them to retreat.
Sources:Donato Giancola -The Battle of Agincourt, 25 October 1415 (Donato Giancola -The Battle of Agincourt, 25 October 1415)The Battle of Agincourt, 1415 (The Battle of Agincourt, 1415)The Hundred Years War : Battle of Agincourt (The Hundred Years War : Battle of Agincourt)Controversial Topics (: BATTLE OF AGINCOURT)
On the morning of October 25, 1415, the French and Henry's army faced one another on a plowed field mudified by the overnight rain destroying it. Henrys army was mostly archers and the rest were armored knights. The French was made up of Knights that got support from archers. The English were very outnumbered by the French and this was very big problem. The French and the English were exchanging taunts and talked to each other trying to cause an attack. Henry led his army a bit closer for his archers to shoot arrows down onto the French. While the French charged them , they got stuck in the mud and they saw it very difficult to move around in. Henry kept unleashing a lot of arrows down on the French and soon the French began to retreat. While they were retreating Henrys archers picked up swords and began to attack the retreating French.
The French made two strong battalions that were close to Agincourt and Tramecourt. The French had a very narrow and advantageous piece of large land. During the nights of rain the French had been on horseback all night and the pages, grooms, and the others broke up the ground which began to become very difficult for the horses to walk in the soft soil. They were loaded with armor which made it more difficult to get around in the soft soil. The strong armor they had on made it very difficult and very immovable because of the long leg armor they had on and the very strong helmet and chest plates they had on. The English were prepared to fight again so the king threw up a baton called the Nestrocq which meant now strike. When the English saw this signal they immediately began to march against the French. The French were very surprised of this and they didn't not march towards them so the English got there archers and sent arrows upon them. The French began to retreat but most of them were wounded by the arrows and this made it difficult for them to retreat.
Sources:Donato Giancola -The Battle of Agincourt, 25 October 1415 (Donato Giancola -The Battle of Agincourt, 25 October 1415)The Battle of Agincourt, 1415 (The Battle of Agincourt, 1415)The Hundred Years War : Battle of Agincourt (The Hundred Years War : Battle of Agincourt)Controversial Topics (: BATTLE OF AGINCOURT)