Difference between revisions of "MTW Crécy 1346"

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Description

Crécy was the opening battle of Edward the Black Prince's assault on Normandy, one of the early campaigns of the Hundred Years' War. The French had been careful to avoid battle with the tactically superior English, but at Crécy they had the advantage of numbers and, apparently, better morale too. Edward chose a defensive position for his army and waited for the French attack. After exchanges between the English longbowmen and the French crossbows, the French knights lost patience and charged forwards - they even managed to trample their own crossbowmen! With little discipline, the French were cut down in droves and French knighthood lost its bravest and best.

Win Conditions

• Edward, the Black Prince, must survive the battle.
• Ensure your army does not run from the battlefield.
• King Phillip of France cannot be allowed victory. Defeat his army.

English Army

• 60 Spearmen
• 60 Spearmen
• 60 Spearmen
• 20 Feudal Knights
• 40 Longbowmen
• 40 Longbows
• 30 Spearmen
• 110 Peasants
• 60 Feudal Knights
• 60 Feudal Knights
• 100 Longbowmen
• 80 Men-At-Arms
• 60 Spearmen
• 40 Feudal Knights
• 40 Feudal Knights
• 70 Feudal Men-At-Arms

French Army

• 60 Feudal Knights
• 40 Crossbowmen
• 50 Crossbowmen
• 70 Spearmen
• 50 Feudal Knights
• 40 Peasants
• 40 Feudal Men-At-Arms
• 60 Peasants
• 60 Feudal Men-At-Arms
• 60 Feudal Knights
• 40 Peasants
• 40 Peasants
• 30 Feudal Knights

Tactics

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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.