The Battle of Lewes 1264 AD

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8:18
Simon de Montfort: "It's over Henry, I have the high ground!"
Henry: "You underestimate my numbers!"

[Cencrd]

I'm sensing a severe pattern in your videos...



"They did not properly scout the area..."
"They did not set up sentries..."


Man-o-man, when I get myself a 13th century army that's gonna be about the only thing I do with them...

[sporkafife]

- Dictatorial King.
- Angering landowners with heavy handed assertion of royal authority.
- Broke because of pointless overseas campaigns with little material value.

This guy's literally me on CKII

[Chris_seh]

"An ambitious but arrogant king.." Oh, so he's gonna lose this battle isn't he?

[Batdude]

It feels like the cavalry getting too hot headed and leaving the rest of the army to fight while they ride down routing troops is the biggest reason a lot of these battles are lost. Imagine if Edward came back while they were engaged and hit them in the back or side.

[mrthompsonjt]

I’ve learned more about history from Baz Battles, History Marche, and Kings and Generals than I did throughout my entire schooling. These videos are excellent.

[luker]

Edward Longshanks: I'm gonna to do what's called a pro gamer move

[JW-vinh]

I just finished reading Sharon Kay Penman's Welsh princes trilogy and this battle was covered in the second book, Falls the Shadow. How fascinating, being able to see it broken down like this.

[cameronelder]

I live in Lewes. It’s a fairly unknown battle but is pretty major. Thanks so much for covering it 👍

[Alex]

THIS IS SO COOL, I live here and never thought you would make this! Generally quite well done, only missing a few small details. Love this channel

[micahistory]

The Old French nobles were basically mad at the new French nobles

[billb]

These Kings should have practiced their tactics playing Total War: Medieval 2. Probably would've had more success.

[Robi]

I love BB for not only giving the description of course of the battle, but also and foremost the circumstances of conflict, great job!

[K.D.A_]

That downhill charge must've pushed some men rolling down the hill

[jamesw]

I cannot say how much I love these videos. Didn’t know of this battle, didn’t know of the fascinating backstory. It’s almost cliched with the young Calvary officer calling for the charge early in the battle. While outnumbered holding the high ground and choosing the time and place to battle is as old as time itself. Too bad Henry or his advisers had never read Sun Tzu. You could make a video a week and I would still want more, I need to learn how to use patreon and help fund these YouTube channels that provide such wonderful content be able to keep producing great material.

[Pwndbythnb]

Wow Henry's son Edward pulled a stupid JENKINS and completely threw the battle.

[dominiquecharriere]

There are many great battles and History channels in YouTube, Questions d'histoire, Kings and Generals, Epic History TV, HistoryMarche, NotaBene, Indy Neidel channels and many more, but Baz Battle still outclass them all. Baz Battle is pure jewellery but I salute all those great channels, it is a pleasure to see new stuff from any of them! Fantastic job!

[kurararu]

The power of the highground. A classic!

[DDD]

For a moment I read "The Battle of Lewds", thought it was a Gigguk video.

[jedirevan]

Our founding fathers wouldn't have had their ideas of a representative congress without this series of events. History still matters.