Crecy


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the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War

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The French had learned much from the disastrous defeat at Crecy, and took time to organize and prepare before attacking.
Yefim Gordon and Dmitriy Komissarov, Crecy Publications, UK, and Specialty Press.
Eudes de Crecy, CEO of BioTork, about the company's future involvement in the omega-3 industry: "We will have the means to seriously move the lines in this global challenge of delivering alternative omega-3 sources.
Merry, the heroine of Longbow Girl, is a supreme archer, the first longbow girl in a tradition of longbowmen that stretches back 700 years to the Battle of Crecy.
Crecy Publishing (http://www.crecy.co.uk/), Unit 1a Ringway Trading Estate, Shadowmoss Road, Manchester, M22 5LH, England, 2012, 160 pages, $34.95 (hardcover), ISBN 9780859791625.
In 1346, the famous longbowmen of Llantrisant fought for the "Black Prince" of Wales at Crecy, defeating the King of Bohemia and claiming his emblem of three ostrich feathers which has been adopted by every prince since.
JOHNNY MURTAGH stole the show at the Curragh yesterday with a masterful ride on Belle De Crecy in the Group 2 Lanwades Stud Blandford Stakes.
The simulation in question is a reenactment of the 1346 Battle of Crecy, a battle in the Hundred Years War between France and England.
Victories such as Halidon Hill, Neville's Cross, Crecy, and Poitiers not only helped to recover the pride of the English chivalrous class but also secured the reputation of Edward III and the Black Prince.
The character designs are all animals with very human traits, but de Crecy still embraces animal behaviors--Roger the pig ends up on the butcher block, small Salvatore acts like a kicked puppy until he meets Julie.
Francois Alaux and Herve de Crecy will do a 20-minute live-action film for the latest installment of Ubisoft s big-ticket shooter video game "Tom Clancy s Ghost Recon," titled "Future Soldier," due out for the Christmas holidays.
The theories may seem absurd, but French graphic novelist Nicolas De Crecy makes these hyperbolic observations in order to make a statement describing the condition of contemporary culture.
Having fought their way through northern France, the bold English knights meet their biggest trial at the Battle of Crecy. Many are killed on both sides, including all of the dogs, except the wounded Glaive.
The King is mainly remembered because of his long years of war to assume the French throne and because of the stunning victories at Crecy and Poitiers.
The night will be held at Newcastle's The Other Rooms this evening, and is well worth the trip as it is hosted by the Cuban Brothers and features top Parisian deep house DJ Etienne de Crecy.