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Churchill the Writer: A History of the English-Speaking Peoples (Book 2) 10-07-22

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The Battle of Ozhincourt

Churchill is good at war. He's seen a lot of war and studied a lot ofwar too. And so the way those battles went and you know what it takes to win a battle, in this chapter is especially clear. What they've got to fight with is the stuff around them. That theme is suggested in a better way in the chapter called the Longbow. About the Battle of Ozhincourt. Yeah. Not the way anyone wants to go out of this world. No. But I love in particular page 262 against Henry III, a weak king. In the streets of Lincoln during a whole day we are told that 400 Royal Knights jostled and belabored 600

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