Battle of Crécy
During the Hundred Years War, King Edward III's small English army annihilates a much larger French force at the Battle of Crécy in Normandy. The battle, which saw an early use of the deadly longbow … (more...)
August 26
This Day in History
1346
1346
First Cannon Fired in Battle, Maybe
On this day in 1346, English soldiers under Edward III rain terror on Genoese mercenaries under Philip VI of France at the Battle of Crecy in the Hundred Years War with what is perhaps the first … (more...)
