Harold was to be taken by suprise
Best trained group had main onslaught
Battle- Commencing at 9 am
- The Norman army was 7,000-8,000 strong
- Norman archers moved up within 100 fleet of English line, opening fire with short bows to shake up enermy formation and morale
- THIS WAS NOT SUCCESFUL- so the Normans brought heavily armed infantry and the effect of this assault would exploit the breaks and drive the English into flight
- When the Norman infantry advanced they were bet by a hail of missiles which shocked them through sheer weight and pressure
- When the lines came together- Normans got heavy beating by English and Danish who had two hand axes
- On the West coast, where the slope was gentlest the Bretons who probably reached the english first panicked and fled back into the marshy valley bottom
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