Bloody brawl at Nájera

Peter the Cruel’s Anglo-Gascon army shattered King Henry’s royal forces at the Battle of Nájera, enabling him to regain the throne

Peter and Prince Edward’s forces Henry of Trastámara’s forces

Kill the prince King Henry’s heavy cavalry charges twice against the English and Gascons in an attempt to assist the hard-pressed French troops fighting on foot, but their charges are shattered by blistering volleys of arrows that kill scores of riders. Henry tries desperately with his mounted household knights to reach Prince Edward to fight him but the English archers drive them off. Storm of arrows The left and right wings of the Franco-Castilian army, which are commanded by Castilian counts Tello and Alfonso respectively, attack the English wings opposite them. But the Castilian jinettes and crossbowmen cannot stand up to the withering hail of arrows from the English longbowmen and so they quit the field. Danger of encirclement Prince Edward goes to the aid of the duke of Lancaster…

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