[rescue] those who were shot (in the eye)

[David Cantrell]

On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 11:23:08AM -0500, George Adkins wrote:
> Actually it wasn't Harold himself who lost the battle of hastings, it was his 
> un-disciplined behaviour of his houscarls, and the fact that he had just 
> marched non-stop from the battle of Stamford Bridge

The housecarls acquitted themselves pretty damned well, it was the ordinary
peasant soldiers who took William the Bastard's bait and gave up their
excellent position to follow the 'fleeing' troops.

Five points to the first person to name the place where the Battle of
Hastings took place :-)

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