Template:Did you know nominations/Battle of Blanchetaque

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:32, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

Battle of Blanchetaque

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... that at the Battle of Blanchetaque English longbowmen stood in a tidal river to engage French mercenary crossbowmen? Source: DeVries, Kelly (1996). Infantry Warfare in the Early Fourteenth Century: Discipline, Tactics, and Technology. Woodbridge, Suffolk; Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-0-85115-571-5 p. 158; Hardy, Robert (2010). Longbow: a Social and Military History. Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. ISBN 978-185260-620-6 p. 64; Burne, Alfred (1999). The Crecy War. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions. ISBN 978-1-84022-210-4 p. 159.

Reviewed: Noel Phillips

Improved to Good Article status by Gog the Mild (talk). Self-nominated at 18:22, 17 December 2018 (UTC).

Well-sourced GA, agf on print sources for hook. No problems, qpq done, gtg. Johnbod (talk) 15:20, 19 December 2018 (UTC)