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Battle of Crécy
The Battle of Crécy was fought on 26 August 1346 near Crécy-en-Ponthieu in northern France, during the Hundred Years' War. Edward III of England, in a defensive position, defeated a much larger French army under Philip VI, as English and Welsh longbowmen broke repeated French cavalry charges. Many French nobles died, among them the blind King John of Bohemia, and Edward went on to besiege Calais.
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