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#REDIRECT [[Battle of Nájera]] |
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'''The battle of Navarrete''' ([[Nájera]]) was fought on [[3 April]] [[1367]] in Nájera, province of La Rioja, [[Spain]]. [[England]] was lead by [[Edward, the Black Prince]] and had a strength of 24,000, France by [[Bertrand du Guesclin]] and [[Enrique de Trastámara]], their strength was 60,000. England completely defeated the French, owing mainly to their skilled archers, inflicting heavy losses. Unlike other battles, at Nájera it was England who attacked the dismounted French and [[Spain|Spaniard]] troops. |
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England's vanguard being lead by [[Sir John Chandos]], [[Constable of Aquitaine]], and [[Duke John of Gaunt]]. They had attacked the French mercenaries commanded by [[du Guesclin]] and [[d'Audrehem]]. They Spaniards fled leaving Enrique de Trastámara's battle exposed to the attack from a mounted rearguard of the English Army. The Castilian-Franco Army disintegrated and the rout, pursued by the English, rolled back to the river bank of [[Najerilla]]. |
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[[Category:Battles of the Hundred Years' War|Navarrette 1367]] |
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[[es:Batalla de Navarrete]] |
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