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Far Cough 7:53 Thu Oct 25
Today is the anniversary of the battle of Agincourt
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"This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember'd;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day."
Gives the two fingered salute to the dastardly French*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Agincourt
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arsene york-hunt
8:24 Thu Oct 25
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Who won it then?
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Westham67
11:30 Fri Oct 26
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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility:
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;
Let pry through the portage of the head
Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it
As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,
Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit
To his full height. On, on, you noblest English.
Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof!
Fathers that, like so many Alexanders,
Have in these parts from morn till even fought
And sheathed their swords for lack of argument:
Dishonour not your mothers; now attest
That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you.
Be copy now to men of grosser blood,
And teach them how to war. And you, good yeoman,
Whose limbs were made in England, show us here
The mettle of your pasture; let us swear
That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not;
For there is none of you so mean and base,
That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'
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Hermit Road
11:34 Fri Oct 26
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Up yours Delors.
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Swiss.
11:39 Fri Oct 26
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Was it on QI that they said the two finger thing is bollocks.
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Far Cough
11:51 Fri Oct 26
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Yes, the two fingered thing is bollocks, archers would have been killed as they weren't worth any ransom
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Swiss.
12:12 Fri Oct 26
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In the end of the day it was one bunch of French nobles/royalty fighting another. They all spoke French as their mother tongue. The 'English" were peasant foot soldiers of Anglo-Saxon/Celtic fodder for their French rulers.
Sorry but true.
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Grumpster
3:16 Fri Oct 26
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Unlike you to talk nonsense Swiss.
Done this period at school (about the only enjoyable one as the rest was about the tsars) and Henry V was there fighting hand to hand alongside his troops.
French couldn't fight then and still can't fight today, just the way it is.
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goose
3:18 Fri Oct 26
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history 'white' wash.
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Swiss.
5:35 Fri Oct 26
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Grumster
You were there were you ? The French have won more battles than any other country. fact
Look it up. So who’s talking bollocks
Mugged off again .
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Swiss.
5:36 Fri Oct 26
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Oh and what nationality was Henry Vs wife Grumster ?
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Swiss.
5:37 Fri Oct 26
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He was a Plantagenate.
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Lee Trundle
5:39 Fri Oct 26
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SPACK-TRICK!
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Edmonton Hammer
6:53 Fri Oct 26
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It was the longbow that won it......
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Thames Ironworks
7:23 Fri Oct 26
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It wasn't just the longbow. The French Knights fought the English in a swamp. As they charged their horses were struggled to gain momentum and the heavily clad knights had to fight on foot, which in a swamp with heavy armour isn't easy.
The English then mowed down as motionless exhausted target, without having to fight hand to hand.
It was a perfect strategy against an arrogant French army.
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Thames Ironworks
7:26 Fri Oct 26
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https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/ten-reason-why-french-lost-the-battle-of-agincourt.html
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Far Cough
7:33 Fri Oct 26
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Thames Ironworks is correct, it is said some of the French knights actually drowned in the mud
On another note, the English army had been ravaged by dysentery, hence they fought with no trousers, tackle OUT
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VirginiaHam
7:35 Fri Oct 26
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French in 'arrogant' shock.
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7:52 Fri Oct 26
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The Agincourt battle was because of an argument between Norman French families.
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Gaffer58
8:11 Fri Oct 26
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Just one of the many times we pissed on the Frogs
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Far Cough
5:39 Sat Oct 27
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I see comma is having another of his "No shit Sherlock" moments
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