One knocked arrow after another flies. A rain of fletch from bags and quivers. And French knights fall by the score. Archers hold the muddy field as surviving knights flee.
Emptied Quivers. The key to Henry V’s victory.
Agincourt
How English Longbows
made history
for dVerse Poets’ Quadrille Monday #90: We’re all a-Quiver (pubtended by De Jackson)
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Indeed, Jane! As one of Celtic descent myself, I should hang my head in shame! ๐
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Thank you, De Jackson! ๐
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This is such an interesting viewpoint… the archers being the crucial part…
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Indeed, they were. And as Jane pointed out, many of the “English” archers, if not all, were Welsh.
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I know what you mean. That scene from 300, where the persian arrows literally blot out the sun, devastates! And that’s with the Spartans surviving!
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