Call of the Kings by Chris Page

Author:Chris Page [Page, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, History, Fantasy
ISBN: 9781849898676
Publisher: AUK Authors
Published: 2011-12-04T05:00:00+00:00

The battle raged all the next day. Harold moved his men to Senlac Hill near Hastings, and William marched his troops to meet him. The ebb and flow of the fighting saw the two armies come together with neither yielding. The boggy, hilly terrain made it difficult for the Norman knights to press home their mounted attack, so it was infantry against infantry. Gradually Harold’s soldiers began to gain the upper hand and press the invaders back. On the right-hand flank the Normans suddenly broke and ran back down the hill with Harold’s soldiers chasing them. It was a mistake and gave the Normans the opportunity they’d been waiting for. An opening for their mounted knights, who quickly surrounded the English soldiers who’d followed the fleeing Normans. The knights cut them down. Despite pleas from Harold and his senior soldiers to maintain the line, more English troops poured down the hill and were cut off. In a last, desperate attempt to save his isolated soldiers, Harold gave the command to charge. A black cloud of arrows from the Norman bowmen met them, with one piecing Harold’s eye. He died quickly on the field and his pennant was lowered.

No veneficus played any part in the battle.

William, Duke of Normandy, had won.

It is recorded that on this very day the great sky trail of lights that later became known as Haley’s Comet completed its seventy-year fly-past over the battle site near Hastings.

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