Why Did Harold Lose The Battle Of Hastings?

Why Did Harold Lose?

Tuesday 19 October 2010

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annie19 October 2010 at 05:44
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This is an essay written by Kate Blayney

Essay Plan

Intro

In this essay I will be explaining about why William of Normandy won the throne of England in 1066. There are many different points on why but I have sorted them out into three different sections: William was a good general, Harold made many mistakes and Harold was unlucky.

William good General

William was a good general because he was overall a better, well experienced general. Also all his men were much better trained and armed as he had spent many years building it up.
Also before his invasion he planned out his strategy and collected enough supplies for the whole journey.
Finally in the battle of Hastings, William supposedly ordered some of his army to trick Harold’s army by pretending to run away, then cornering them and killing them.

Harold made many mistakes

Harold was a brave but impatient man and many of his mistakes were because of that. One 0f the few points I have chosen is that while Harold was celebrating after the battle of Stanford Bridge, I think he should have been resting his troops. He should have done this as he knew that there was another army planning to attack from the opposite end of England.
Another mistake he made was that he probably should have rested his troops before marching back down England to meet Williams’s army. He also could have stopped on the way at London to gather more troops.
Also he should not have spread his troops out so far on the hill as he could not control them. Because of this his troops broke the strong position they had and ran after Williams men when they fled.

Harold was unlucky

Harold was very unlucky in lots of different ways. One of these was that he simply had to defend the country from two opposite ends with 187 miles distance. Also the wind changed direction so William could invade. Finally, William landed in England when Harold’s army was at the other end of the country meaning William’s army could rest before battle whilst Harold’s army would be marching down England and tiring themselves out.

Conclusion

In Conclusion I think that the main reason William won the battle was that he was a more experienced and better general. I think that although his luck did play a part in it and Harold did make many mistakes William was still more likely to win. But, I think that Harold would have stood a much better chance if he had rested his troops before rushing straight into battle.

Harold's bad luck

He had two attackers.

The attackers attacked at different ends of the Country.

The wind didn't change.

His soldiers where very tired from walking a lot.

He celebrated when the other attackers were getting ready to attack.

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