Did Henry send archers to ambush the French at Tramecourt during the battle of Agincourt?
By Dan Spencer The accounts of the Burgundian chroniclers, Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Jean Waurin and Jean Le Fèvre (for more information about these writers click here) record that Henry ordered a small force of archers to ambush the French during the battle, with Monstrelet stating that: ‘Elsewhere the king of England sent about 200 archers behind his army so that they would not be spotted by the French. They secretly entered a meadow near Tramecourt, quite close to the rearguard of the French, and held themselves there secretly until it... Read More