Medieval 2 Totalwar: William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings 1066 1/2

14th. October 1066 when Duke William of Normandy battled the Anglo-Saxon King of England Harold Godwinson for the throne of England. William's army of 8,400 strong, consists of 2,200 mailed knights,1,700 archers & 4,500 men-at-arms, while Harold's army of 7,500 men-at-arms including 2,000 huscarls (his bodyguard). Harold Godwinson had just defeated Harold Hardrada & his invading Norwegian Viking army at the battle of Stamford bridge, & marched south to meet William at Hastings forming a shield wall. While showering the Saxons with archers & the men were engaged, William ordered an attack followed by a false retreat on the Saxon's right while the Saxons charged after them & at this point William sent his Knights to cut down the charging Saxons which weakened their line of defense. As dusk approached, Harold took an arrow in his right eye & was struck several times by William's knights while chasing the fleeing Saxons. The Remaning Huscarls, chose to stay and fought till the last man. William the Conqueror became King of England.

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[toxic2k7]

i learnt more from this game about history than 4 years in high school...

[Suppressingfire]

@toxic2k7 lol

[doubledip98]

oh noo... pact with lies

[Suppressingfire]

@doubledip98 Neither u nor me can say for certain what it is. But i don't think respected & famous historians like Gibbon would simply invent such a story especially when there' s nothing he personally could possibly gain from it. I mean, if ur a historian, what's the point in inventing a story to destroy ur own reputation? that doesn't make sense. I'm not talking about the st.george thing but throughout history there were many hopeless vastly outnumbered men in battles & turned to victories.

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King Harold - Hill Camper

[celticbattleaxe]

@infokemp Well, I don't know about that - some Irish like the English, but I know a lot who don't. It depends where you go. What gets me is that Gaelige isn't the official language in Ireland. Personally, I don't have anything against the English, but I despise the loyalist fools (who say that anyone with Irish ancestry is a 'plastic paddie'). But hey, I love English food, and Twinings Earl Grey Tea is (in my opinion) THE best tea in the world.

WHAT?! They forgot the Red Dragon? Damn.

[celticbattleaxe]

@infokemp Yep - and then Harold would've had a real problem. And the stupid Northumbrian Earls didn't join his forces (and were easily conquered by William).

[celticbattleaxe]

@infokemp Indeed :). And this was one of the rare occasions when the Vikings were the ones ambushed.

[infokemp]

@celticbattleaxe The Irish must secretly like the English a lot - I was in O'Neils for the 6 nations Rugby drinking a Guiness & I looked at the team badges on the wall - Eire (shamrock) France (triple feathers) England (Rose) Wales (wait no welsh dragon?) where is the welsh badge? The Dragon badge is white - the dragon is white on a red background =England- I don't know if O'Neil's knows this but they are supporting England twice! lol

Welsh should complain but until then I have two English flags

[infokemp]

@celticbattleaxe If it had been me & I had had the time I would of tried to get Welsh bowmen on board & use some Roman tactics like diverting rivers & burning crops - whilst relying on the English grain surplus, reforming a prof engineering corps like Alfred did & eventually doing what Gurth Godwinson suggested a (pre-emptive) attack on Normandy's ports - a Anglo-Saxon 1066 D-day. A problem for H Godwinson was if he did what his brother wanted & killed William in Normandy still Haldrada invades

[infokemp]

@celticbattleaxe I think Harold was more influenced by Anglo-Dannish Traditions of Mobile Warfare - the only reason he did not sail to Stamford is that it is what Haldrada would of expected (this was not like Hengest time - most of the English where a farming not seafaring folk) & probably would of won at sea - no Godwinson took them by surprise through forced march - he bottled Vikings up so they counted for nothing.

If it had been Alfred he probably would of know about Alesia from Roman books

[celticbattleaxe]

@infokemp :) Yes indeed! And the languages haven't changed much over the years. A person who only speaks Old Irish could still communicate effectively in today's world.

Hey, I'll drink to that!

Another round of Guiness! :)

[celticbattleaxe]

@infokemp I shall check it out!

[celticbattleaxe]

@infokemp Completely agree with you there. :)