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WEIRD HISTORY

WAR

(3 Entries)

1)
At the end of the Hundred Years War, in 1389, there was still a lot of tensions between the English and the French.
Englishmen from Devon, England constantly invaded the coastal towns of France for plunder which resulted in the aristocratic Guillaume du Chatel sailing from St. Malo France, in August 1403, and fighting their way into Dartmouth, England.
The French spent the entire night killing, burning and pillaging, but when they withdrew the following morning they were attacked by English bowmen, many of them being killed before they could reach their ships.
The English then wanted revenge for this attack and sent out a fleet of ships from Plymouth, Dartmouth and Bristol which succeeded in destroying 40 french ships and laid waste a large area of the Breton coast.
Du Chatel attempted a counter attack but when his boats arrived at Dartmouth, England, they failed to break through the security chain protecting the harbour.
He then attempted a land attack but most of his heavily armoured knights were cut down by the common English bowmen.
A French chronicler later wrote about the peasant's victory over the nobles, "The crows have pecked the eagles!"

2)
In Dorchester, England, in 43AD, the Roman Augustan legion were marching westward to complete their conquest of England when they forded the river Frome and came up to Maiden Castle, one of the most formidable fortifications in prehistoric Europe.
The Romans used a barrage ballistae (iron bolts) to pave the way for the foot soldiers who hacked their way through the defenders killing innocent people, young and old alike.
After wrecking the defences and burning down all the buildings they then went on their way.
Skeletons that were recently found included a man with 7 cuts to his head, each one enough to kill him.
There is a skeleton still on display in the British museum that has a ballistae still lodged in the spine.

3)
In Bethnal Green, London, England, in 1942, 10,000 people were in line waiting to get into the underground station after an air raid warning when suddenly anti-aircraft fire started nearby.
In a panic the crowd surged forward towards the entrance crushing hundreds of people at the bottom of the stairs.
In all 111 people were crushed to death.