Crecy, 26 August 1346

Introduction
The Campaign
The Battle
The Aftermath

Introduction

Intro

The Campaign

The campaign that led to Crecy and the siege of Calais marked a change in Edward III's policy. Prior to this point, he had tried to use alliances against the French, and had spent a great deal of money gaining allies in Flanders and the Empire. This policy had failed to produce any real results, and had caused a financial crisis in England that briefly threatened a return to the confusion of Edward II's reign. Instead of relying on allies, Edward mounted this campaign with an English and Welsh army, with a large contingent of archers. The army contained the retinues of aristocratic captains, as well as a sizable number of county levies. The main exception to the call to arms were the northern nobles, who were left in place to defend against any Scottish attack, a policy that provided its worth against the Scottish invasion that was defeated at Nevilles Cross (17 October).

Edward's army landed at La Hogue on 22 July, and spent the next month marching through Normandy, although the only major gain was the capture of Caen (26 July). Philip of France had mobilized the entire fighting strength of France, and while his army was gathering at Paris, he destroyed all of the bridges over the Seine, hoping to keep Edward pinned down in Normandy. Edward decided to gamble on a march towards Flanders, which would take him past Paris and force him to cross the Seine and the Somme. Both rivers were formidable obstacles. Edward was able to repair one of the bridges over the Seine, but the Somme proved a greater obstacle, with the bridges destroyed and the fords guarded. Luckly for Edward, he was told of a tidal ford, and was able to beat off the troops that guarded it, and cross over, with Philip's troops snapping at his heels (24 August). The tide then turned, and the French were unable to chase his army. Campaign

The Battle

Battle

The Aftermath

Aftermath
JR, 19 October 2000

Trafalgar, 21 October 1805

British Fleet: Weather Column
British Fleet: Lee Column
French Fleet
Spanish Fleet
Fleet Totals

British Fleet: Weather Column

SHIPCOMMANDERGUNS
VictoryVice-Admiral Nelson, Captain Thomas Hardy104
TremeraireCaptain Eliab Harvey98
NeptuneCaptain Thomas Fremantle98
LeviathanCaptain William Bayntun74
ConquerorCaptain Isreal Pellew74
BritanniaRear-Admiral the Earl of Northesk, Captain Charles Bullen100
AjaxLieutenant John Pilford74
AgamemmnonCaptain Sir Edward Berry64
OrionCaptain Edward Codrington74
MinotaurCaptain Charles Mansfield74
SpartiateCaptain Sir Francis Laforey74
AfricaCaptain Henry Digby64

British Fleet: Lee Column

SHIPCOMMANDERGUNS
Royal SovereignVice-Admiral Cithbert Collingwood, Captain Edward Rotherham47
BelleisleCaptain William Hargood74
MarsCaptain George Duff74
TonnantCaptain Charles Tyler80
BellerophonCaptain John Cooke74
ColossusCaptain James Morris74
AchilleCaptain Richard King74
RevengeCaptain Robert Moorsom74
DefianceCaptain Philip Durham74
SwiftsureCaptain William Rutherford74
DreadnoughtCaptain John Conn98
PolythemusCaptain Richard Redmill64
PrinceCaptain Richard Grindall98
ThundererLieutenant John Stockham74
DefenceCaptain George Hope74

French Fleet

SHIPCOMMANDERGUNS
ScipionCaptain Charles Berneger74
IntrepideCommodore Louis Infernet74
FormidableRear-Admiral P.R.M.E. Dumanoir le Pelley, Captain Jean Marie Letellier80
Mont-BlancCommodore G.J.Noel le Villegris74
Duguay-TrouinCaptain Claude Touffet74
HerosCaptain Jean Remi Poulain74
BucentaureVice-Admiral Pierre Villeneuve, Captain Jean Magendie80
RedoutableCaptain Jean Lucas74
NeptuneCommodore Esprit Maistral80
IndomptableCommodore Jean Hubert80
FougueuxCaptain Louis Baudoin74
PlutonCommodore Julien Cosmao74
AlgecirasRear-Admiral Charles Magon, Captain Gabriel Brouard74
AigleCaptain Pierre Gourrege74
SwiftsureCaptain C.E. L'Hospitalier Villemadrin74
ArgonauteCaptain Jacques Epron74
AchilleCaptain Gabriel de Nieport74
BerwickCaptain Jean Camas74

Spanish Fleet

NeptunoCommodore Don Cayetano Valdes80
RayoCommodore Don Enrique Macdonell100
San Franciso de AsisCaptain Don Luis de Flores74
San AugustinCaptain Don Felipe Xado Cagigal74
Santissima TrinidadRear-Admiral Don Hidalgo Cisneros, Commodore Don Francisco de Uriarte130
San JustoCaptain Don Miguel Gaston74
San LeandroCaptain Don Josef Quevedo64
Santa AnaVice-Admiral Don Ignatius D'Alava, Captain Don Josef Guardoqui112
MonarcaCaptain Don Teodoro Argumosa74
BahamaCaptain Don Dionisio Galliano74
MontanezCaptain Don Josef Salcedo74
San IldefonsoCaptain Don Josef Bargas74
ArgonautaCommodore Don Antonio Pareja80
Principe de AsturiasAdmiral Don Federico Gravina112
San Juan de NepomucenoCaptain Don Cosme Churruca74

Fleet Totals

British FleetFranco-Spanish Fleet
Total No. of Ships2733
Total No. of Guns2,0882,826
Killed4542,086
Wounded1,1413,361

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