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

George Adkins george at webbastard.org
Mon Mar 4 09:47:08 CST 2002


On Monday 04 March 2002 09:42 am, you 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 :-)
>
> England?      ;)

I believe he's referring to Senlac Hill,

Some mistakenly list Pevensey, which was the landing site as the answer to 
this question, although there are those who favor Wilting for the landing 
site as well.

George



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