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harold was shot in the eye

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harold had a poor army

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Harold's army was on top of a hill which was soon to be called Senlac hill. 

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Harold's army was on top of a hill which was soon to be called Senlac hill. 

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williams army lands in Pevensey bay and Williams army comes ashore. The normans walk to Hastings building a flat packed mot and baily castle they brought with them. At dawn on 14th October, William and his men sett off from Hastings towards London they travel up and old Roman road. King Harold sets his up on a steep hill that would soon be known as Senlac hill which is Norman for lake blood.

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everyone thought william was dead but he wasnt.

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Harolds army was on senlac hill

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The battle started at dawn on the 14th October 1066. the first act began when the Norman soldiers charged into Harolds shield wall . However this didn't do much effect because they were shooting uphill at a troup of soldiers protected by shields. As they approached they were met with missiles, including spears, axes and even stones attached to sticks. they crashed into the English

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for two hours the battle raged hacking stabbing killing and bluts everywhere!!!

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Harold 's army formed a shield wall on Senlac hill

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On the 14th October at around 9:30 in the morning the Battle of Hastings began.William believed god was on his side. Looking up the steep hill William ordered his archers to unleash a storm of arrows.Harolds men formed a tight shield war and Harold hid behind it while the arrows fell amongst them.

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william sent his knights to charge at the Saxons and the the normans failed so they tried a fake retreat so the saxsons chased after them the kinights quickly turned around and destroyed the shield wall!

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William did a fake retreat

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The Battle of Hastings was started when William Duke of Normandy hered about Harold Godwinson getting crowned King of England and Godwinson had promised to support William to be crowned King of England. As soon as William herd about Godwinson he raced over on long ship over to Pevensey Bay. Marched up to the town of Hastings. Set fire to the whole village. And then build a fort there that they brought on the ship with them. Then, they marched up to a hill named Senlac hill, where the Battle of Hastings took place. The Normans took place at the bottom of the hill. With the Saxons at the top of the hill. First,

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william won because he had more soldiers than Harold and William didnt let his soldiers drink the night before the battle.

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so king Harold vs. William at Hastings. The first thin that happened taillefer galloped into Harold's army and threw his sword and started singing. he killed 3 people before being killed. then William ordered the archers to shoot but this  had no effect on the shield wall. a shield wall was a English tactic where you are shoulder to shoulder with a shield in your hand so you have 3 shields
protecting  you. then William sent his cavalry but they could not get up the hill.

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Legend has it that Taillefer the jester rode into the Saxon base and throw his lance and sword while singing Roland charged in to battle and killed 3 men then being killed himself. Then the battle of Hasting began.The Normans fire their arrows but it failed then the cavalry charged

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Williams jester came out of the soldiers singing and dancing killing 1-3 men before being killed himself !!!

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The battle of Hastings took place at dawn on the 14th of October 1066.The battle started at 9am. The battle started with the Norman soldiers charged into Harold's shield wall. But however this didn't do much because they were shooting uphill this meant the wall stayed in place. It was a long battle that started in the morning with haolds army tired and hungry and Williams army ready for battle. The shield wall was hard to break however when news spread that William was dead harolds army decided to split up to charge down hill towards Williams army. When suddenly they realised he was not dead but it was too late as the English army suffered many losses and Harold was killed by an arrow in his eye. then William became king.

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Battle Of Hastings
Harold set up his troops on the top of Senlac Hill which is Norman for lake of blood .Then he put a old military tactic the shield wall.He mixed up all the huscarls in with the farmers. Harold's troops were mainly farmers who were poorly equipped, part time and unpaid. They mainly had farming equipment such as pitch forks, knives and scyches. William set up his troops at the bottom of the hill. William had very experienced men . He had 1500 archers 4000 footmen and 2000 cavalry

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Williams army lands in Pevensey bay and Williams army comes ashore. The normans walk to Hastings building a flat packed mot and baily castle they brought with them. At dawn on 14th October, William and his men sett off from Hastings towards London they travel up and old Roman road. King Harold sets his up on a steep hill that would soon be known as Senlac hill which is Norman for lake of blood. William walked into battle with a religious cross that Harold swore on religious relics. Willams army had around 7500 men which make up of 4000 infantry,2000 mounted horsemen and 1500 ranged infantry. Harold on the other hand had 600 men made up from 2000 Housecarls who were professionals paid on foot  and 4000 fyrds who were poorly trained unpaid on foot.

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by TOM WOLFSON

legend has it that Williams jester Taillefer rode into the Godwinsons barracs  singing a short version of the song Roland. When he got there he chucked his lance and sword in the air and killed three people three people before getting absolutely man slautered by the Saxons. And that was when the  battle started. The Norman archers struck first but all the arrows just went over them or just repelted back.

The Normans had an advantage because they had more troops including 1500 archers, some using crossbows. 4000 Spearman and 2000 cavalry

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The Battle of Hastings

the battle started at 9am

william's minstrel and knight, Taillefer rode towards the English alone, tossing his  sword and sang the song of Roland .Taillefer killed three men befor sufering a painful death himself .....

the battle had began

Harold set himself on the top of Senlac hill making a shield wall . Willam's archers  striked  first.but most arrows rebounded or flew  above there head.
then the cavelry  charged  but the horses couldn't get up the hill .

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The battle was fought by two brave warriors, William, Duke of Normandy and Harold  Goodwin, King of England. Harold Goodwin had just won a splendid victory against Harold Hadar. But very soon, word reached them that William was waiting to fight him back up north. He gathered up his army and marched all the way back with high hopes after just winning a battle. Williams army was made up of 7,500 men. 4,000 men were Infantry, 2,000 were mounted hoarse men, and 1,500 were ranged infantry. All of them were well paid, professional soldiers. Harold only had 6,000 men. 2,000 were houscarls, professional well paid men but 4,000 were fyred. They were poorly trained, unpaid men, usually farmers, called in to help. Williams army had an advantage because they were well rested and with 1,500 men extra. Also, all of their men were professionals but only 2,000 men from Harolds team were good. The battle started with a man called Tailefer. He rode on hoarse back and , singing an old roman song, rode onto the battlefield, finished of 1 to 3 men before, finaly being killed himse

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The Norman fleet lands at Pevensey Bay and William's army comes ashore. The Norman's marched to Hasting's, setting fire to the town and building a fort they brought with them. At dawn on the 14th of October, William and his men set's off for Hasting's towards London.They travel up an old roman road. King Harold sets his army upon a steep hill about 5 miles away from Hasting's. The hill was called Senlac Hill which would soon be noon as the lake of blood. The saxons formed a sheild wall on the top of Senlac Hill. Norman archers fired at the shield wall but this had now affect. William sent his cavalry to charge at the shield wall. The English had the advantage being on the hill, and they threw javelins and missiles down at the advancing Normans. A rumour spread that William had been killed. But William chases after them shouting 'Wait! i'm still alive , look 1

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For nine months king Harold sat nervously on his throne waiting for his rivals to make a move for his crown . In September 1066 his wait was over. Hardrada , landed near York in the north of England and he wasn't leaving till he got the crown. With him Harold brought his younger brother Tostig and about 10,000 bloodthirsty vikings.

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The Normans landed at Pevensey. Their army consisted of 7000 men.They walked around 10km to the battle field. At the battle field the Saxons formed a shield on top of Senlac Hill.The Normans had three sections of foot soldiers the French,Normans and Bretons. The Norman archers and cavalry were on top of Tellham hill.Williams duke of Normandy's jester,Taillefer who was on horse back rode up to the Saxon shield wall walst singing a song called chansen de roland. Then he threw his sword and lance in the air killing one to three Saxons.Then he died

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n The battle started at dawn on the 14th October 1066. the first act began when the Norman soldiers charged into Harolds shield wall . However this didn't do much effect because they were shooting uphill at a troup of soldiers protected by shields. As they approached they were met with missiles, including

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THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS by georgia willoughby

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THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS by georgia willoughby

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The Battle of Hastings was fought at a place called Senlac Hill, later to be named Battle, on the 14th of October 1066. What actually happened on that day is not very clear. Harold had an army of elite Housecarls and some experienced fyrd troops. However, he had to fill out his army with poorer local fyrd, as the majority of his troops from Stamford Bridge had no chance of arriving from the north in time for the battle. Harold took his position at the top of Senlac Hill. His men formed a shield wall nearly half a mile long and a number of ranks deep. To stiffen his fyrd up he lined groups of housecarls along the line. When Duke William had gathered his army in the valley below the english position, he formed it into three main sections. On the left were troops largely drawn from Brittany. The battle started in the morning. He first major act of the fighting was when the Norman archers fired into the shield wall. This would not have had much effect as they were shooting their arrows up the hill at a group of men protected by shields.Next, the Norman foot soldiers marched up the hill towards the shield wall. As they approached they were met with missiles, including spears, axes and even stones tied to sticks. Then they crashed into the English shield wall. They would have encountered the full fury of the housecarls, using their two-handed axes with which they could easily split heads right through the helmets. The attack had made no headway. Then it was the turn of the Norman knights to advance as the foot soldiers drew back. The knights could throw javelinsas well as use lances

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The Battle Of Hastings

William won because he had more experienced troops that were full time paid men.

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For nine months king Harold waited nervously on the throne waiting for his rivals to make a move for his crown.One day the day came and Harold Godwinson was crowned on September 1066. However on the 7th of september around 9.00am the battle of hastings began and a Norman jester called Tallifer rode into the middle and sang an early version of roland and swang his sword and killed between 1-3 people before he got killed himself!! the battle started. the Normans formed a shield wall and the Normas shot arrows at them but they either missed or went over them.

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William won because Harolds army had poor soldiers that can't fight and have awful weapons

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At the start of the battle the Taillefer at the start sang the song of Roland and threw his wepons up and killed 3 people before killing himself. the Battle of Hastings had begun..... At the top of Senlac Hill the English formed a shield wall. William demanded his Calvalry to charge up the hill but the hill was to steep for the horses so they were forced back down the hill. Then Willliam shouted fire the Archers.  a rain of arrows went flying over the Anglo -Saxsons heads and there was no harm.

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hey guys dis is da story of the battle of Hastings
Taillefer the jester ran into the Saxons base and sang the early version of the song of Roland, while juggling swords killed 1-3 Saxons before being killed himself. That's when it started. The Saxons made a really hard strong shield wall. the Normans then fired at it but as i said it was, like really tough. so after the fail, Williams cavalry and foot soldiers ran at the wall but they were weak so they failed too. but then all the Normans said that William died so they were really scared but then William said '' hey guys I'm here lets do this!''
he said do a fake retreat and they did. some of the Saxons went after them but Williams speedy quick cavalry ran round and killed them. that made a hole in the (not so strong anymore) shield wall. after William realized it was weak he told his archers to fire one more time and this was not, i repeat was not a fail. it killed so many Saxons and apparently Harold too. i guess that's the end of him! so yeah, byeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

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the battle took place at dawn on the 14th of october 1066 the norman army where the first to attack as the archers launched their arrows into the saxon shield wall but they did not sucseed as they where shooting uphill this meant the  wall stayed firm in place.The english then through misssiels and javelins at the at the normans down below.A roomer then spread among the normans that william their leader had been killed,soldiers started to flee.not long after william chses after them holding his helmet high in the air showing he was alive.During the confusion the saxons shield wall started to break and weaken.William saw what had happend ordorded his men to do a fake retreat at the other end of the shield wal.the shiels wall was weakened and william orders his archers to aim high into the shield wall wich eventuallly collapsed. Late that afternoon Harold was killed by a Norman arrow through the eye.As the battle had ended an William had won the rest of the Saxon army fled.william won because William had well trained well rested soldiers before the battle.william also prepared wood to build his castle in pevensy another advantage for William was that he had his best troops coming off the boats first when he landed.the disadvantage for Harold was that he let his men drink the night before the battle his men where also tired from fighting and marching.he also had an inability to communicate effectively with his. Army in battle.Another disadvantage was that he left his archers in the north.this meant William had an advantage so won the battle of Hastings!!!!!!!

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William won because he had better people and more rest. Harold and his army lost because they were not prepared and had a not as good army.

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Write your name in the title. You can write, record audio or film yourself recounting the events of the Battle of Hastings and why William won.