The Counting Thread

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26 August 1346

English defeat the French at the Battle of Crécy


In July 1346, Edward III invaded Normandy. He marched north, but was unable to outmanoeuvre a large force under Philip VI of France. The two armies met near Crécy. The much larger French force failed to make its numbers count and its piecemeal attacks were repelled with heavy losses by the English and Welsh archers. Crécy was the first great English victory of the Hundred Years' War, the others being Poitiers (1356) and Agincourt (1415).

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1347

Again, not much happened.

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7 July 1348

'Black Death' enters Britain


The disease later known as the 'Black Death' arrived in Europe in 1347. After the first chronicled outbreak on British soil at Melcombe Regis in Dorset, the plague appeared at various points along England's south coast in the summer of 1348, spreading inland. On average, between 30% and 45% of the general populace died, but in some villages 80-90% of the population succumbed. The plague recurred regularly, if less severely, through the second half of the 14th century and into the 15th century.

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1 * (-3 + 5) = 2

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