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stable to bring up the troops suddenly to his sup- 

 port, that the line of the army might not be broken. - 



The heavy armed soldiers, and the troops in gene- 

 ral, were thus brought up, unformed and breathlefs,- 

 to be received by the firm embattled array of the. 

 Englifli, defended, as they were, on their front by a 

 breast work of pales, a military device, much and suc- 

 ccfafully used by the EngliQi, to oppose the raflx im- 

 petuosity of the French and Scots. They carried 

 palisades constantly with them, and used them on the 

 most trivial occasions of provincial war. 



Notwithstanding this inexcusable and fatal blunder 

 of Narbonne, the cavalry of the wings attacked the 

 Engliih archers, who were opposed to them, with 

 such impetuosity, tha^ they broke their ranks, and, 

 trampled them under foot with great slaughter ; but 

 the cavalry on the right, disobedient to orders, pur- 

 sued the flying archers, ^nd followed the troops of 

 Lombardy with the strength of the French army, 

 supposing the victory to be obtained ; and thus per- 

 mitting the men to quit their ranks and plunder the 

 baggage of the enemy. 



This disorder proved fatal to the constable and to 

 the honour of the day. The Engliih general availed 

 himself of it ; and, coming up with firmnefs and or- 

 der, in lefs than an hour the French and Scots were 

 totally discomfited and routed, the Engliih archers 

 rallying, compleating die defeat and carnage of the: 

 French army. 



Of the French it 3ppears, by parallel accounts, that 

 there fell feur tliousand, with their brave comman- 



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