The Battle of Crécy
The Battle of Crécy The battle of Crécy was one of the most important battle during the Hundred Years´War. This battle confronted the King of England Edward the Third and the King of France Philip the Sixth. The English King placed his army in a high area, meanwhile the French King placed his cavalry in the plain. The French plan consisted in a front cavalry charge, meanwhile the English plan was a little bit more complicated. The king placed his army in the high ground, but he also selected a wet battlefield to complicate the French charge. He also gave a waterproof bag to his archers to protect the strings against the rain, meanwhile the Genovese crossbowmen fought with wet strings. The first wave of french units, the crossbowmen, were destroyed by the archers. After that, the cavalry started charging against the English line, but the archers could stop this attack. This happened again and again until the entire French army were destroyed by the En...