Strategem of Lord Fauconberg at the Battle of Towton Finish:10-pack 22nd November 1973

22nd November 1973

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Strategem of Lord Fauconberg at the Battle of Towton Finish:10-pack 22nd November 1973Strategem of Lord Fauconberg at the Battle of Towton, Yorkshire, 1461 (1864). Lord Fauconbridge (1410 1463), leading the vanguard of Edward IV's (1422 1483) Yorkist army, orders his archers to shoot volleys of arrows and then retire. The battle, the largest and bloodiest to be fought on British soil, was a resounding victory for the Yorkists over the Lancastrian army.