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Battle of Crecy

noun
1.
The first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois.  Synonym: Crecy.






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... their palace being moved to Auckland, while the university is located in the castle. It is the Northern University, first projected in Cromwell's time. About a mile to the westward of Durham was fought the battle of Neville's Cross in October, 1346. This was a few months after Edward had won the battle of Crecy in France, and the King of Scotland, taking advantage of the absence of the English king and his army, swept over the Border with forty thousand men, devastating the entire country. His chief nobles accompanied him, and to encourage the troops the most ...
— England, Picturesque and Descriptive - A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel • Joel Cook

... 1327, was often 'employed by the King in his wars in France and Scotland,' and fought at the battle of Crecy. The next year, among other 'brave Martialists,' he diverted himself by mimic battles at Eltham, and it is recorded that at this tournament the King gave him 'an Hood of White Cloth, embroidered with men in the posture of Dancers, buttoned with large Pearls.' Authorities are divided as to ...
— Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts • Rosalind Northcote



Words linked to "Battle of Crecy" :   France, pitched battle, Hundred Years' War, French Republic, Crecy



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