The History of England, From the Earliest Period, to the Close of the Year 1812 ... 1
The History of England, From the Earliest Period, to the Close of the Year 1812 ... 1
Bigland, John, 1750-1832
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p. 873. BcnavH Ab. Chroo. nbl viipn. / 346 HISTORY OF ENGLAND. prm'ince to bis obedience. He then pro- ceeded .into Anjoo, where a success nearly similar at first attended his arms. Philip being absent in Flanders, could not leare that country to oppose this sudden attack ; but his son, prince Louis, having raked an army, marched against the English, and either defeated them or at least compelled them to retreat. Notwithstanding this check, John had forces sufficient to carry on the war with th...e prospect of a favourable issue ; but the. victory which Philip Augustus gained juiySTtb, ^^ Bovines over the einp^ror Otho, A. D. 1214. totally extinguished his hopes. In this famous battle, the army of the emperor and his allies, the earl of Flanders, and the dukes of Louvain and Brabant, is said, by some historians, to have consisted of a hun-* dred and twenty, and, by others, of a hun- dred and fifty thousand men ; while that o£ the king pf France was greatly inferior in number.* Philip, although thrown from his horse, and trodden under foot, was so for- tunate as to gain the most decisive victory that had crowned thie French arms since the days of Charlemagne.
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