Re: Harfleur vs. Neuss

[Brent E Hanner]

You should read Agincourt: A New History by Anne Curry.  It is easily
the most detailed study about that campaign.  The major critique of her
study is questions about the size of particularly the French force.  She
argues that it was less then or about twice as large as the English
force, by looking at the French evidence very conservatively.  

Brent

Jonathan Davies wrote:
> 
> The flooding of the surrounding area turned it into a quagmire and artillery
> proved remarkably ineffectual in the face of a well-organised French
> resistance.  Rough wine and shellfish added to the raised water table
> and poor camp discipline led to the dysentery that killed far more of the
> English than the French did.  I doubt whether many archers marched to
> Azincourt suffering from the same complaint. I have had it and couldn't walk
> a step let alone march for miles.  I am admittedly a wimp.
> You are right about the numbers of Henrys and Edwards but the French must
> win in any competition with the ludicrous numbers of Kings Louis.
> 
> Cheers and Merry Christmas
> Jonathan
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Christian Folini <
> christian.folini-at-time-machine.ch> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Jonathan,
> >
> > Oops. Sorry for messing that up: Too many Edwards and Henrys
> > in English history.
> >
> > Yes, I got the same impression: Henry hoped for an immediate surrender,
> > but once he actually had to lay siege to the city, it was a fairly quick
> > win given the size of the city and the obstacles in the way.
> >
> > Brent: I do not think that the siege of Orléans and Rouen are entirely
> > comparable due to the different sizes of the cities.
> >
> > But Gerry is right of course, that it is all a question of interpretation.
> > However, the interpretation matters to me in this particular case.
> >
> > There seems to be a list of fairly new publications about the campaign of
> > 1415 mostly by Anne Curry:
> >
> > http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=agincourt+anne+curry&x=0&y=0
> >
> > Has anybody read those? Is there anything interesting about Harfleur?
> >
> > Regs,
> >
> > Christian
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >

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