1587 by Country - 1587 in France, 1587 in Ireland, 1587 in Japan, Battle of Coutras, KY Sh Campaign, Battle of Vimory, Battle of Takaj (Paperback)

Chapters: 1587 in France, 1587 in Ireland, 1587 in Japan, Battle of Coutras, Ky sh Campaign, Battle of Vimory, Battle of Takaj, Siege of Kagoshima, Siege of Ganjaku, Siege of Akizuki, Battle of Sendaigawa. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Battle of Coutras, fought on 20 October 1587, was a major engagement in the eighth and final war of the French Religious Wars between an army under Henry of Navarre (the future King Henry IV of France) and a royal army led by Anne, Duke of Joyeuse. Henry of Navarre was victorious. On the night of 19-20 October the Royal (Catholic) army under Anne, Duc de Joyeuse had trapped Henry's Huguenot army: Henry had been leading an elite army of the Huguenot cause in a strategic attempt to lead the royal army south, into Huguenot-controlled lands, and destroy it through attrition; fighting a hundred petty skirmishes over the summer. In October, Henry's intelligence failed him: He led his army to the small town of Coutras, hoping to slip across the bridge there. Coutras was a small twisty town of one cobbled street, a fortified chateau with a park and warren attached, and one narrow bridge across the river Isle. Believing the Royal army to be twenty miles away, the Huguenots did not cross the bridge, but encamped for the night, sleeping in the chateau's park or the small buildings of the village, leaving the light horse under Tremuille for pickets. The Royal army was only ten miles away. They marched through the night along back-roads and bridle paths, often single-file to arrive at Coutras just before dawn. Lavardin, the Catholic second-in-command, led the Catholic light horse in the pre-dawn, driving in the Huguenot pickets with little difficulty. The Huguenots, meanwhile, had just begun crossing the Isle river; ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=4776844