035.Crecy_c - Alternative Location - WDS Age of Longbow Volume I
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Date: 26 August 1346 - Size: Medium - Location: Crécy, Picardy, France
Scenario Briefing: Historical - After an almost unopposed landing in Normandy on 12th July, Edward III's English invasion army pillaged Barfleur and other small towns before sacking Caen. The English army, now shadowed by French forces, then crossed the Somme at Blanchetaque. While the main French army was down in the south of France besieging Aiguillon, the French king Philip VI had managed to raise another substantial army to oppose the English invaders. However, despite significantly outnumbering the English army, Philip's troops arrived piecemeal on the battlefield after a 12 mile march.
After the Genoese mercenary crossbowmen in French service - whose protective pavices were still with the baggage train well in the rear - had fallen back after being outshot by the English archers, the large but already tired and disorganized French army launched a succession of futile cavalry charges against the English defensive line. Victory in this battle is traditionally attributed to the English longbowmen, who outperformed the slower-firing crossbowmen, before shooting down the French cavalry on their largely unprotected horses. However, Edward III's army is also known to be one of the earliest to have included field artillery, which surely made at least some contribution to the outcome of the battle, even if it inspired more fear in the French horses than actual casualties.
Rather than the traditional location for the Crecy battlefield, this scenario has an alternative site proposed by Mike Livingstone and Kelly DeVries. The number of Genoese crossbowmen has also been reduced from 6,000 down to 3,000, since their actual strength is uncertain.
To represent the riding down of the retreating Genoese crossbowmen by the French cavalry, these troops have a potentially early withdrawal time, so may not remain on the battlefield for very long. Historically, Lorraine's division didn't reach the battlefield until the following morning, so they are not included in this scenario. The French army was large but badly organized, so many of the low quality infantry start out disordered and command control will be a problem.
In this scenario, "stakes" represent pot-holes dug by the English archers to disrupt the French cavalry, rather than the archers' stakes later used at Agincourt. For this reason, no archers are able to deploy stakes.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Side A = French, Genoese mercenaries and Bohemians, Side B = English, including, as usual, Welsh troops in English service as an integral part of the "English" army.
Best played Head-To-Head or as the French / Genoese side against the English A/I.
Scenario Briefing: Historical - After an almost unopposed landing in Normandy on 12th July, Edward III's English invasion army pillaged Barfleur and other small towns before sacking Caen. The English army, now shadowed by French forces, then crossed the Somme at Blanchetaque. While the main French army was down in the south of France besieging Aiguillon, the French king Philip VI had managed to raise another substantial army to oppose the English invaders. However, despite significantly outnumbering the English army, Philip's troops arrived piecemeal on the battlefield after a 12 mile march.
After the Genoese mercenary crossbowmen in French service - whose protective pavices were still with the baggage train well in the rear - had fallen back after being outshot by the English archers, the large but already tired and disorganized French army launched a succession of futile cavalry charges against the English defensive line. Victory in this battle is traditionally attributed to the English longbowmen, who outperformed the slower-firing crossbowmen, before shooting down the French cavalry on their largely unprotected horses. However, Edward III's army is also known to be one of the earliest to have included field artillery, which surely made at least some contribution to the outcome of the battle, even if it inspired more fear in the French horses than actual casualties.
Rather than the traditional location for the Crecy battlefield, this scenario has an alternative site proposed by Mike Livingstone and Kelly DeVries. The number of Genoese crossbowmen has also been reduced from 6,000 down to 3,000, since their actual strength is uncertain.
To represent the riding down of the retreating Genoese crossbowmen by the French cavalry, these troops have a potentially early withdrawal time, so may not remain on the battlefield for very long. Historically, Lorraine's division didn't reach the battlefield until the following morning, so they are not included in this scenario. The French army was large but badly organized, so many of the low quality infantry start out disordered and command control will be a problem.
In this scenario, "stakes" represent pot-holes dug by the English archers to disrupt the French cavalry, rather than the archers' stakes later used at Agincourt. For this reason, no archers are able to deploy stakes.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Side A = French, Genoese mercenaries and Bohemians, Side B = English, including, as usual, Welsh troops in English service as an integral part of the "English" army.
Best played Head-To-Head or as the French / Genoese side against the English A/I.
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