004. Cadzand - Historical - WDS Age of Longbow Volume I
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Date: November 1337 - Size: Medium - Location: Cadzand, Zeeland, S/W Holland
Scenario Briefing: Historical - Details of the battle are unclear; this version has the English deployed ready to oppose the Flemish landing. Eager to demonstrate English power after initial setbacks prevented an invasion of France itself that year, Edward III sent a naval force against the wealthy Flemish port of Sluys. Louis I count of Flanders was pro-French, having been restored to power by the French after the 1328 battle of Cassel. Once it was clear that the under 4,000 strong expeditionary force was too small to capture the town, the English leader, Sir Walter Manny, landed on the island of Cadzand in the hope that looting and pillaging would compel the Flemish garrison of Sluys to fight the invaders. When a more numerous force of Flemings, under Guy de Rickenbourg, crossed over to the island, the English archers proved decisive.
After this show of strength, Manny's troops abandoned the island before the enemy could be reinforced. A decisive English naval victory at nearby Sluys in 1340 would allow Edward III to transport armies across the English Channel, yet this naval victory didn't establish complete English control of the Channel, since subsequent French raids on English coastal settlements continued.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Note: Side A = Flemish, Side B = English, including, as usual, Welsh troops in English service as an integral part of the "English" army.
Best played as the Flemish against the English A/I or else Head-to-Head.
Scenario Briefing: Historical - Details of the battle are unclear; this version has the English deployed ready to oppose the Flemish landing. Eager to demonstrate English power after initial setbacks prevented an invasion of France itself that year, Edward III sent a naval force against the wealthy Flemish port of Sluys. Louis I count of Flanders was pro-French, having been restored to power by the French after the 1328 battle of Cassel. Once it was clear that the under 4,000 strong expeditionary force was too small to capture the town, the English leader, Sir Walter Manny, landed on the island of Cadzand in the hope that looting and pillaging would compel the Flemish garrison of Sluys to fight the invaders. When a more numerous force of Flemings, under Guy de Rickenbourg, crossed over to the island, the English archers proved decisive.
After this show of strength, Manny's troops abandoned the island before the enemy could be reinforced. A decisive English naval victory at nearby Sluys in 1340 would allow Edward III to transport armies across the English Channel, yet this naval victory didn't establish complete English control of the Channel, since subsequent French raids on English coastal settlements continued.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Note: Side A = Flemish, Side B = English, including, as usual, Welsh troops in English service as an integral part of the "English" army.
Best played as the Flemish against the English A/I or else Head-to-Head.
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