Northwest of Paris, 1240

The French had just recently pulled away from their siege of Paris in which Duke Scherer was at in order to prepare for the incoming English threat.

The Duke was not in a good mood having been cooped up in an overcrowded city lacking the technology he was used to back home deep in the Reich.

As an act of retribution, the Duke decided to take some of his forces and attack the nearest French army. When he heard news from his scouts, his reaction was mixed. The army in front of him was battle heartened with every man trained under real military conditions with no militia members.

The Duke however had a ragtag army of subpar troops with most of his House Army still away for retraining. The only elite troops the Duke had were his trusty Imperial Knights and his Pavise crossbowmen.

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As the battle started, he ordered his bodygaurds and his cavalry to hide in some nearby trees. The French only seeing a weak infantry line before them thought it was going to be an easy victory and began to charge. The Duke's elite crossbowmen though made the French pay and took out many French soldiers in their first two volley before falling back behind the infantry line.

The French still weren't deterred and everything seem to be going well for them for the Duke's infantry line was slowly but surely breaking. Suddenly, the Duke and his whole cavalry force charged from behind instantly crushing scores of soldiers. The others confused from the charge suddenly believed a huge force was upon them and fled.

OOC: I forgot to take a battle screen, but I had a heroic victory with 217 casualties on my side and I killed 200 soldiers while capturing 305.

Being merciful, the Duke offered the nearby French castle of Caen their troops in exchange for a hefty ransom and to his surprise, the French accepted and he let the captured go.