Henry V: The Background, Strategies, Tactics and Battlefield Experiences of the Greatest Commanders of History Paperback Read Online Free

selfe, and recoile for feare. Bringe me
    therefore wounded as I ame amongest the first and the formost of our partie,
    that not only by words but also by deeds I may enforce the courage of our men,
    as it becommeth a Prince for to doe.
    This was a major wound and it took the king's surgeon, John Bradmore,
    to cure it through devising a patent machine for extracting the arrowhead
    and then a 20-day course of ointments and cleansing to ensure that the
    prince did not die of any post-operative infection. However, it must have left
    a major scar and been a permanent reminder to the prince of the power and
    effect of massed archers on the battlefield.
    The battle itself could have caused as many as 5,000 casualties. Adam of Usk
    places the number much higher in his chronicle: This battle saw terrible
    slaughter on both sides, leading to the loss of sixteen thousand lives, but in
    the end it was the king who, having begun the assault, emerged as the victor.
    Sad to say, this Sir Henry, the flower and glory of Christian knighthood, died
    in the battle, as did his afore-mentioned uncle...'
    The Earl of Worcester was not killed in the battle itself, but executed two
    days later along with a number of other notable leaders of the revolt. The body
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    of Hotspur his nephew was displayed in Shrewsbury before being quartered
    and distributed throughout the kingdom. His head was displayed in York,
    looking out over his lands. Henry IV also moved swiftly to isolate the Earl of
    Northumberland, who lost a number of his offices and titles and was held in
    custody for a period.
    While the revolt of the Percy family had been crushed for now, the problem
    of Owen Glendower remained. Prince Henry was to spend much of the next
    decade subduing the revolt and securing his principality.
    The Welsh campaigns
    Glendower had been prevented from joining up with his allies at Shrewsbury, The ornately carved Quire but his revolt was far from over. Throughout 1403 it gathered momentum Screen in York Minster
    and took on a new severity. Henry IV took action, as The First English Life of contains sculptures of all Henry V records: 'And for because they percevered in theire obstinacie the English kings from William Kinge deliuered the Prince, his Sonn, a greate armed bande, and sent him the Conqueror through to
    into Wales to subdue those falsh Welsh rebellions, who, at his comminge Henry VI. Henry is shown
    into Wales, destroyed theire lande wth sworde and fyre.'
    here with a forked goatee
    In 1404 the rebels struck their most serious blow yet, when they captured beard, while he is described the towns and castles of Harlech and Aberystwyth, with Glendower using the as being clean-shaven in former as his residence and the latter as his administrative centre. Later in the his younger days.
    year the town of Kidwelly was also captured and burned, allegedly with (Richard and Gillian Long)
    assistance from a French fleet.
    In 1405 the English under Prince Henry
    began to fight back effectively, with a force
    under Lord Talbot defeating Glendower's
    men at Grosmount in March. This was
    followed up by another English victory
    at Pwll Melyn in May that not only saw
    the Welsh defeated, but also the death of
    Glendower's brother and the capture of his
    eldest son, Gruffydd, who was confined in
    the Tower of London. Later that same year
    a French force under Jean de Reieux landed
    at Milford Haven to support Glendower's
    rebellion, and they attacked and burned
    the towns of Haverford West, Tenby and
    Carmarthen before marching eastwards
    towards England. They halted outside
    Worcester, where Henry IV was based, and
    an eight-day standoff ensured until the
    Franco-Welsh forces withdrew, being short
    of supplies.
    This was the last major French
    intervention in the Welsh revolt, and
    from 1406 onwards Prince Henry was able
    to roll back the Welsh from the ground
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    they had occupied the previous year. April 1406 saw a heavy defeat for
    Glendower's forces, while the