Battle of Crecy


 * 1346 victory for Edward III over Philip VI during the Hundred Years' War
 * Followed by the Siege of Calais
 * Preceded by extended looting after the Battle of Blanchetaque
 * Prefaced by a mass Norman mooning
 * Claimed the lives of:
 * Charles II of Alencon
 * John of Bohemia
 * Blind
 * Rode strapped to other knights
 * Edward III of the English
 * The Black Prince
 * "won his spurs"
 * English longbowmen
 * Father assisted by John Chandos
 * Adopted a feathered emblem and the motto "Ich Dien"
 * Philip VI of France
 * Hired Genoese crossbows
 * Crippled by wet bowstrings
 * Sixteen waves of knights