Qualla: Battle of Cocherel https://qualla.com/battle-of-cocherel en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:32 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/u/0/8/z/battle-of-cocherel-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Cocherel https://qualla.com/battle-of-cocherel Battle of Cocherel: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-cocherel/ Photo credit Félix Potuit, Public domain. For decades, English armies had perfected a formula that seemed unbeatable: take the high ground, plant sharpened stakes, arrange longbowmen in wedge formations, and let the enemy impale themselves on a wall of arrows. At Crecy and Poitiers, French knights had charged uphill into this killing field and died by the thousands. On 16 May 1364, near the village of Cocherel in Normandy, a Breton knight named Bertrand du Guesclin demonstrated that the answer to English tactical superiority was not brute force but cunning. His feigned retreat at Cocherel remains one of the most celebrated tactical deceptions of the Hundred Years' War.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/0/8/z/battle-of-cocherel-wp/u08z-battle-of-cocherel-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Cocherel: A Kingdom in Dispute https://qualla.com/battle-of-cocherel/ Photo credit Guillaume Fillastre, Toison d'or, Public domain. The battle grew from a contest over the Duchy of Burgundy, but its roots ran deeper into the political chaos of fourteenth-century France. Charles II of Navarre -- known to history as Charles the Bad, a name he worked hard to earn -- had been scheming against the French crown sin...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/0/8/z/battle-of-cocherel-wp/u08z-battle-of-cocherel-the-trap-on-the-hill.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Cocherel: The Art of Running Away https://qualla.com/battle-of-cocherel/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. Du Guesclin's solution was elegant in its simplicity. He ordered his troops forward in what appeared to be a genuine assault, then commanded a sudden retreat. The withdrawal looked convincing enough that Sir John Jouel, eager for the kill, abandoned his defensive hilltop and led ...

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