Rain and bad weather would flood the trenches making them boggy, muddy, and could even block weapons and make it hard to move in battle. Sustained exposure to the wet, muddy conditions could cause Trench Foot, which sometimes would result in the foot being amputated. Cold weather was ...
Rain and bad weather would flood the trenches making them boggy, muddy, and could even block weapons and make it hard to move in battle. Sustained exposure to the wet, muddy conditions could cause Trench Foot, which sometimes would result in the foot being amputated. Cold weather was ...
fighting on foot or horseback as needed, and supported by a proportionately very large number of archers; 3, 4 or more to each man at arms. These would also serve as light cavalry. In the 100 years war, the english had