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Apparently, there were more Englishman, and fewer French, at Agincourt than mythology about it would have us believe:
“I’ve always assumed the French massively outnumbered Henry’s forces,” said Richard Holmes, the military historian. “But now it is very hard to go against Curry’s figures.”
Posted by Rand Simberg at May 29, 2005 07:15 AM
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Excerpt: Via Rand Simberg comes this story about Agincourt and what appears to be the true size of Henry V's army. An interesting read and a good look at other ways to dig out what really happened durning crossroad events in the past.
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