The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-06-21

the kings Of England
l329ePhilippe forced Edward III. to do homage
bareheaded, without sword or spurs, and on his
knees, in presence Of the kings of Navarro, Bshe-
mia, and Majorca.
Until 1910, the French ravaged with success, and
took or burnt every town from Plymouth to Sand
witch. Not an English shipcould quit port without
being taken Here, however, fortune changed. 1910.
The English King had the good fortune to C Itch
the French among the sand banks in place allied
"PEcluse," and having wind and tide in his favor,
and suddenly aided by Flemish fleet, easily de-
feated them. He then invaded France with $1,000
men and besiegcd Journals without success An
English fleet was defeated off Guernsey.
truce was signed and soon broken. Edward
invaded Guienne useessly, his Lieutenant, Derby,
being beaten into Bordeaux Edward driven from
an attempt 10 succor him, landed on The coast OF
Normandy without opposition, and advanced al
most TO Paris But on the advance OF the french
King, he retreated TO Crecy, where he gained
complete victory partly 9y me iauit OF the french
cavalry, and more particularly owing to the use for
the first time by the English of cannon The English
then retreated 10 and took Calais, 1871.
| In 1856, the Black Prince gained the battle Of
! Poiters, and made Jean, the French king, prison.
! er. To recover his liberty, he sacrificed portion
of his territories, and thereby nearly caused civil
/ war. His son, Charles ", was more Fortunate.
/ I361.--Edward, fattered by the successes of his
distinguished son, the Black Prince; reassumed the
title Of King of France, which he had given up at
the last treaty. Charles V. prepared therefore to
invade England. The English army every
where worsted, and compelled to return to England,
the Black Prince and his best officers being entirely
eclpsed by Duguescn and his officers, l372-
The English fleet was defeated off Rochelle, which
the French were beseigng-every ship was taken
or destroyed. Potion, Angoumois, Gnienne and
Gascony submitted to Charles V. The Black
Prince, shut up in Bordeaux, and thoroughly dis
couraged, returned to his father the fragile dstinc
tons and grandeurs he had received from him
France. Edward, however, made last attempt
through his son, the Duke of Lancaster, but this
army reduced TO the last extremities, and
forced to re-embark. These misfortunes FASTENED
the deaths of Edward and the Black Prince.
The French fleet ravaged the coasts of England,
and burnt Rye, Plymouth, DARTMOUTH Portsmouth
and Pool. The Isle of Wight suffered also: The
French disembarked an army in the face of the Eng
lish army, defeated it at Lewes in Sussex, and re-
embarked with immense booty.
Cherbourg, given up by Charles lie Mauvais, the
rival of Charles V. The English fleet, attacked
and badly treated by that of France, could only
dsembark portion of troops into the town.
The long minority, and the m idaess OF Charles
vi. left France open TO protraced dissenslons and
disasters. The commencement oil his reigrr was at
tended, however, with some success. The English
were driven from Brittany. 1882 FLINDERS submit
ted after the battle Of Rosbacque; and Poitou Sein-
tonee and Limousin were recovered by the French
king.
Invasion of England by the celebrated Jean de
! Vienna, who, though deserted by the Scotch,
marched through a great part of England and
Wales with hardly 800 men, and re-embarked
with immense booty.
l3s6.-Invasion again projected on great scale,
| but eventually broken up by intrigues and cabals
which led to disastrous results. A portion of the
feet, however, attacked an English fleet, and
though the latter was furnished with cannon, the
French, celebrated for their skill and courage in
boarding, succeeded in closing with she English
and completely destroying them.
An English fleet and army attacked Rochelle
| and was driven of. Richard III. was compelled to
conclude pc ce, by which he restored Bres to the
Duke of Brittany, and Cherbourg TO the King of
Navarro, who afterwards exchanged it for coun-
| ty with the King of France.
| Henry Nv. of England having during peace sent
fleet 10 annoy the coast of Brittany II was there
attacked and destroyed. l403.-The inhabitants
retorted upon the English their attempt, ravagsd
their coasts, and defeated their troops
lil3-Tom now by intestine divisions, the Eng
| fish called in by one or other faction, France be-
came each day only more and more feeble. When,
| therefore, Henry V. came TO the throne of England
in lil3 he determined TO profit by these unfor,u-
nate circumstances, and renew the ancient claim.
I4l5.-ln August, lil5, he embarked with 5000
men on fleet OF 500 vessels, of all sorts, and land
cd at the mouth OF the Seine, IN country distracted
! by contending factions. October.-lIe beseged
| HonEeur, and a month after gained the celebrated
battle OF Agincourt over the demorazed troops Of
/ France. This disastrous and l-manage1 conflict
was infinitely more hurtfu to France than the bat
ties Of Crecy and Poitiers, il happened under cir
cumstances which rendered it for the time irrepa-
Fable. li2o.-And in 1920 Paris surrendered to
/ Henry who took the title of Regent.
| Charles VII found the English in possession of
fhree-fourths of his kingdom. i25.-Jaennc dare
S SS9s 81 p g% Se G & ssn held i
Paris until li36, when seeing themselves wors,cd
everywhere, they quilted il.
Philippe Of Burgundy made peace with Charles.
and Queen Isabella, the other principal cause OF
| the previous misiortunes, died about this time.
1i50-The French Continued to gain ground, and
defeated the English in most engagements In Nor
mandy-Cherbourg alone remained 10 them. Near
IL was fought the famous battle of Fourmigni, soon
after which defeat, the English capitalized.
1i5l.-ln Guenne, same success; Talbot was
beaten and killed, ana the English fleet taken with
the town Of Bordeaux.
Nothing now renamed to the King of England
but the two towns Of Calais and Guines, which the
French king did not besiege, the Duke of Bur-
gundy claimed them. Thus an ambition To seize
the kingdom of France, cost the kings Of England
their hereditary possessions on the continent and
shut them up in their island, which the sea render
ed difficult OF invasion, although not free from the
retalatory attacks Of France.
Ii92-lIcnry VII renewed his claims an1 land
ed 5000 men and ! 500 horse at Caias; but he
soon after made peace.
Henry WI, though his family owed its throne
TO French aid, yet did not hesitate 20 take adyan-
taee of foreign war, in which the French were
engaged, to attack their coasts. lin ilee was dr
ven of.
1913 On the 18th April, 1913. a French feet Of
inferior force beat the English fleet otI Brcst.hc
French admiral Pregent killing the Evyish admi-
raj Howard Another naval battle was fought IN
the same year with HOward's brother, in which
the English suffered still ssyerer defeat 81 81
Mahc; and again the French did not reckon half
that OF the enemy. There are several ether es- |
plots of a sisiiar kind, which distinguished this
Henry VIII, who csalesced with the Emperor |
Macmillan, Ferdinand Of spain, and the Swiss, |
though obtaining some success with their aid, con. |
cluded peace al the end Of the same year, 1913.
I5l5-llis successors have never attempted anv |
serious nyasoss of France since that period. WHIT
campaigns were undertaken have generally tunnel /
cot 80 disastrous and damaged that on sc cont
nent little thought of British troops until the |
Spanish war Of Independence. whea by the cn.hi- \
siasiic aid Of the inhabitants, icy got on, aad i
passed into France with ~ alhct armies IA lsti,
and occupied Paris with them IN 1915
Thus find after all. the very ugly fact thlt the
English gained ouly three great baile--CrCey.
PoIliers and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AZ j at Sit great I
battles gained BY the French at Bousines. Fable
bourg. Fumes, lew.s. F,iii, orb ans. FOuruig- |
NJ &c. nc. Cfthe Englsh victories. Crecy was
gained by the use, tor lhe fret tine, Of cannon.
Agiucourt was more massacre OF demprali1ed
troops caught IN n trap. than a regular ngbt
In naval conflicts, the French generally had The
advantage uni OF late. Even before Caesars time,
they were distinguished for naval skill. courage i
and adventure aud few nations have fought better /
hat "a a