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Episode 419 - The Battle of Castillon
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- Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast
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- Jun 22, 2026
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- 3849
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BUY JOE'S BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Highlands-Burn-Foundling-Brigade-Saga-ebook/dp/B0GSG5CNXX/ Don't want to use amazon? Get the Ebook and Audiobook directly from us: https://www.llbdpodcast.com/products/the-highlands-burn-epub Get Nate's band's debut album here! https://secondhomesband.com/ During the closing of the Hundred Years' War the English decide to launch a cavalry charge against in an entrenched French army, directly into the barrels of hundreds of cannons. It does not end well. SOURCES: Welsh, William. Castilion: The Last Battle of the Hundred Years' War. Military Heritage. April 2008. Vol. 9, No. 5. Curry, Anne. (1993). The Hundred Years War. New York. St. Martin's Press. Grummitt, David (2010). "Castillon, Siege and Battle of". In Rogers, Clifford J. (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. Nolan, Cathal J., ed. (2006). "Castillon, Battle of (July 17, 1453)". The Age of Wars of Religion, 1000–1650: An Encyclopedia of Global Warfare and Civilization. Vol. 1. Greenwood Press. https://web.archive.org/web/20051028021944/http://www.xenophongroup.com/montjoie/castilon.htm