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See also:AGINCOURT (AZINCOURT) , a See also:village of See also:northern See also:France in the See also:department of Pas de See also:Calais, 14 M. N.W. of St Pol by road, famous on See also:account of the victory, on the 25th of See also:October 1415, of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry V. of See also:England over the See also:French. The See also:battle was fought in the See also:defile formed by the See also:wood of Agincourt and that of Tramecourt, at the northern exit of which the See also:army under d'See also:Albret, See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
constable of France, had placed itself so as to See also:bar the way to Calais against the See also:English forces which had been campaigning on the See also:Somme. The See also:night of the 24th of October was spent by the two armies on the ground, and the English had but little shelter from the heavy See also:rain which See also:fell. See also:Early on the 25th, St See also:Crispin's See also:day, Henry arrayed his little army (about r000 men-at-arms, 6000 archers, and a few thousands of other See also:foot). It is probable that the usual three " battles " were See also:drawn up in See also:line, each with its archers on the flanks and the dismounted men-at-arms in the centre; the archers being thrown forward in See also:- WEDGE (O. Eng. wecg, a mass of metal, cognate with Dutch wig, wigge, Dan. vaegge, &c.; in Lith. the cognate form outside Teut. is found in wagis, a peg, spigot; there is no connexion with " weigh," " weight," which must be referred to the root wegh, to li
wedge-shaped salients, almost exactly as at See also:Crecy (q.v.). The French, on the other See also:hand, were drawn up in three lines, each line formed in deep masses. They were at least four times more numerous than the English, but restricted by the nature of the ground to the same
extent of front, they were unable to use their full See also:weight (cf. See also:Bannockburn); further, the deep mud prevented their See also:artillery from taking See also:part, and the crossbowmen were as usual relegated to the See also:rear of the knights and men-at-arms. All were dismounted See also:save a few knights and men-at-arms on the flanks, who were intended to See also:charge the archers of the enemy. For three See also:hours after sunrise there was no fighting; then Henry, finding that the French would not advance, moved his army farther into the defile. The archers fixed the pointed stakes, which they carried to See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward off See also:cavalry charges, and opened the engagement with flights of arrows. The See also:chivalry of France, undisciplined and careless of the See also:lesson of Crecy and See also:Poitiers, was quickly stung into See also:action, and the French mounted men charged, only to be driven back in confusion. The constable himself headed the leading line of dismounted men-at-arms; weighted with their See also:armour, and sinking deep into the mud with every step, they yet reached and engaged the English men-at-arms; for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the fighting was severe. The thin line of the defenders was See also:borne back and See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King Henry was almost beaten to the ground. But at this moment the archers, taking their hatchets, swords or other weapons, penetrated the gaps in the now disordered French, who could not move to See also:cope with their unarmoured assailants, and were slaughtered or taken prisoners to a See also:man. The second line of the French came on, only to be engulfed in the melee; its leaders, like those of the first line, were killed or taken, and the commanders of the third sought and found their See also:death in the battle, while their men rode off to safety. The closing See also:scene of the battle was a See also:half-hearted attack made by a See also:body of fugitives, which led merely to the slaughter of the French prisoners, which was ordered by Henry because he had not enough men both to guard them and to meet the attack. The slaughter ceased when the assailants See also:drew off. The See also:total loss of the English is stated at thirteen men-at-arms (including the See also:duke of See also:York, See also:grandson of See also:Edward III.) and about too of the foot. The French lost 5000 of See also:noble See also:birth killed, including the constable, 3 See also:dukes, 5 See also:counts and go barons; t000 more were taken prisoners, amongst them the duke of See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans (the See also:Charles d'Orleans of literature).
See See also:Sir See also:Harris See also:Nicolas, Battle of Agincourt; See also:Fortescue, See also:History of the See also:British Army, vol. i.; and H. B. See also:George, Battles of English History.
End of Article: AGINCOURT (AZINCOURT)
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