Battle of Patay - a disastrous blow to English aspirations in France.

during the first half of the Hundred Years War France suffered a series of humiliating defeats the English army led by talented commanders and with numerous archery units seemed Invincible by the end of 1428 the English and burundians had occupied almost all northern France it was only necessary to take control of the Valley of the river and The Invader opened the way to the central parts of the country the English managed to take almost all the important fortifications and orans the last major city on the river had been under siege since October 1428 at this difficult moment when it seemed that nothing could Inspire stunned by a series of defeats of soldiers in the bloody chaos of war broke into the dazzling star that changed everything Joe noar appeared on the scene in early March 1429 she arrived in shinon and joined the army heading to the aid of orance here the French Warriors struck by The Bravery of a 16-year-old girl won a victory forcing the English to lift The Siege Then followed a dizzying succession of Victories wherever there appeared this young Miracle dubbed orene Maiden the French army gained the upper hand in just a few weeks the English lost sever several fortresses in the lair Valley to stop the French offensive and help the besieged fortresses the English sent a Detachment of 5 to 6,000 soldiers under the command of John Talbot but menwa and bojoni fell before the main forces arrived after taking the fortresses the French army of about 5,000 men Advanced to meet the enemy near the town of Pai a battle took place that became a turning point in the Centennial War the English army command having leared of the surrender of the fortresses and the advance of the French army turned its troops around and headed in the opposite direction deciding to fight on more favorable terrain as had often been the case in previous battles most of the English army was made up of archers John Talbot decided to use a tactic that had allowed the English to win victories for many years he was going to occupy a dominant height entrench himself on it and allow the French to attack a tactic that invariably led to victories even over numerically Superior opponents as was the case at cesy potier and aenor not far from the town of Pate John talbet found a suitable hill on which he ordered defensive positions to be prepared [Music] the French army was commanded by the Constable der rishma the Duke of allenson and Marshall de Bross on the advice of Joon ofar who constantly demanded to speed up the movement it was decided to leave the Infantry behind to continue the pursuit with only a mounted Detachment which numbered 2,500 Riders as usual in front at some distance from the main forces moved Vanguard under the command of lahir about 180 [Applause] [Music] Riders the French had no reliable information about the location of the English but they guessed that the enemy was somewhere nearby the horsemen moved cautiously forward trying not to make noise the road that led to the bridge on both sides surrounded by dense forest it was the perfect place for an ambush the men at- arms were tensely looking into the thicket it seemed that someone's attentive Eyes Were Watching intently from behind the trees suddenly there was an unusual cry in the thicket accompanied by the crunch of broken twigs and a large deer jumped out onto the road with huge leaps the animal returned to the forest and rushed towards the river the unexpected meeting allowed tension to relieve a little the writers smilingly recollected cases of hunting bragging about the trophies they had got suddenly there were shouts in English ahead and a deer ran out into the road again accompanied by laughter and hooting The Archers sitting in Ambush had no idea that the French would move at such speed and that the enemy's Vanguard was only 100 m away many of The Archers made their living by hunting and now seeing a fine trophy in front of them could not contain their delighted shouts the commander of the Vanguard laire instantly assessed the situation rightly deciding that surprise could compensate for the small number of troops he ordered the Warriors to attack immediately splitting into two parts the Vanguard rushed at the enemy with a deafening crackle of low shy the Cavalry rushed at the enemy stunned by the sudden attack The Archers were unable to resist and Scattered in panic normally any infantry would be able to fight against Cavalry in difficult terrain especially in the forest however in this case the attack was so unexpected that The Archers did not have time to orientate themselves and panicked having defeated the archers laire ordered the Vanguard to move on without delay the Warriors elated by their easy Victory crossed the bridge and encountered the English army in position on the hill [Music] lahir noticed that the enemy had not had time to prepare for battle despite the 20-fold superiority of the enemy the Vanguard Commander ordered an attack the horsemen rushed at the enemy without delay the English surprised by such impudence were confus used troops did not arrange their positions the soldiers did not have time to stick stakes in the ground dig holes or trenches in front of the positions the unprotected archers without cover were afraid to face the Cavalry and after firing a few indiscriminate volleys they fled the French quickly caught up with the Enemy and began to mercilessly cut down the fugitives some of the English men-at-arms also gave into panic and turned to flight the horsemen pursued the enemy without giving it a chance to recollect the Cavalry bypassed the islands of resistance without engaging in hand-to-hand combat and crashed into the ranks of fleeing sewing chaos and panic soon to the battlefield approached the main forces of the French a powerful ramming blow mass of mounted men-at-arms swept off the hill remnants of the English and completed the defeat victory at patai allowed the French to establish control over the valley of the lry and turn the tide of the war the English army suffered catastrophic losses at least about 2,500 men were killed wounded and captured the French lost only 100 Soldiers the English could not recover from such a defeat and were forced to go on the defensive giving the initiative to the enemy in fact the war was reduced to a series of sieges in which the French one after another captured the fortresses held by the English

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Published: Wed Apr 10 2024