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| | Battle of Agincourt -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | The end result was that d'Albret managed to force Henry into fighting a battle that, given the state of his army, he would have preferred to avoid. |
 | | It is probable that the usual three "battles" were drawn up in line, each with its archers on the flanks and the dismounted men-at-arms in the centre; the archers being thrown forward in wedge-shaped salients, |
 | | It is possible, then, that most of the casualties of the archery were the less-armored horses, causing the mounted fighters to be thrown down onto the muddy ground, where they had difficulty in arising. |
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