Henry intervened dramatically, crying “Derby to the rescue!” as he rammed and boarded the opposing ship, helping save the prince from disaster.

Borrowing 70,000 Livres Tournois (about half a ton of silver) from the French King, Louis IX “the Saint,” and leading 1,000 elite men (including 225 knights) along with several hundred...

“..The English archers stept forth one pace and let fly their arrows so wholly [together] and so thick, that it seemed snow.. (..) The Englishmen shot whereas they saw thickest...