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Crecy

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Cré·cy  (krs, kr-s) or Cré·cy-en-Pon·thieu (-ä-pô-ty)
A town of northern France northwest of Amiens. It was the site of the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War (August 26, 1346), in which Edward III of England defeated Philip VI of France.
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Noun1.CrecyCrecy - the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois
battle of Crecy
Hundred Years' War - the series of wars fought intermittently between France and England; 1337-1453
France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
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Men made songs and sang of his victories, of Crecy and of Calais, and France bowed the knee to England.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
In 1337 Edward had begun the terrible though often-interrupted series of campaigns in France which historians group together as the Hundred Tears' War, and having won the battle of Crecy against amazing odds, he had inaugurated at his court a period of splendor and luxury.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
The sports of the lists had done much in days gone by to impress the minds of the people, but the plumed and unwieldy champion was no longer an object either of fear or of reverence to men whose fathers and brothers had shot into the press at Crecy or Poitiers, and seen the proudest chivalry in the world unable to make head against the weapons of disciplined peasants.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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