View source for MTW Battle of Stamford Bridge 1066

== Description ==
Stamford Bridge was the last Viking battle on English soil. Harold Godwinsson, the English King, had spent the summer of 1066 camped in Southern England awaiting the arrival of the Norman invasion fleet led by William the Duke of Normandy. To his surprise it was a Viking invasion force led by the Norwegian King, Harald Hardrada, that landed 250 miles to the North in a small village just outside York. Accompanied by the English King's brother, Earl Tostig, who had been recruiting troops in Scotland, King Harald’s army took the city of York and then marched East towards Stamford Bridge - where they would be joined by a Viking re-inforcement army led by Eystein Orri. It was here that King Harold’s men, exhausted after 5 days of forced marching, surprised Harald’s army on the banks of the River Derwent. The bridge was undefended - save for a solitary Viking who was determined to halt the English advance in time for the rest of the army to don their armour and prepare for battle...

== Win Conditions ==
*If your king is killed, captured or runs away, you lose.
*You must kill, capture or rout all 3 enemy generals to win
*Achieve victory within 15 minutes or you will lose this day.

== English Army ==
*100 Feudal Foot Knights
*50 Peasants
*60 Archer
*100 Spearmen
*100 Spearmen
*100 Feudal Men-At-Arms
*100 Spearmen
*100 Peasants
*100 Spearmen
*100 Feudal Sergeants
*100 Spearmen
*100 Feudal Foot Knights
*60 Archers
*60 Archers

== Viking Army ==
*60 Huscarles
*60 Huscarles
*60 Huscarles
*60 Archers
*60 Archers
*60 Huscarles
*1 Huscarle
*60 Huscarles
*60 Huscarles

== Viking Reinforcement Army ==
*60 Huscarles
*60 Archers
*60 Huscarles
*60 Huscarles
*60 Archers
*60 Huscarles
*60 Huscarles
*60 Huscarles

== Tostig's Army ==
*60 Archers
*60 Highland Clansmen
*60 Highland Clansmen
*60 Highland Clansmen
*60 Peasants
*60 Highland Clansmen
*60 Peasants
*60 Feudal Foot Knights

== Tactics ==
Need input for this section.

== Credits ==
The Background descriptions and Win Conditions are taken straight from the game text files in "\Medieval - Total War\Loc\Eng\", HISTCAMPAIGNS.TXT, HISTORICAL.TXT and CHANGES.TXT.