THE SAXONS FORMED A SHIELD WALL AGAINST THE NORMAN ARCHERS. THE SAXONS WERE AT THE TOP OF THE HILL AND THE NORMANS WERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL.
THEY MOVED ALL OF THEIR ARCHERS IN TO A LINE AT THE FRONT, AND THEY SHOT A 'CLOUD OF ARROWS' AT THE SAXONS. THEY WOULD SHOT THEM STRAIGHT AND HIGH IN TO THE AIR, SO THAT WHEN THEY LANDED THEY WOULD STRIKE PEOPLES HEADS AND FACES.
THE SAXONS MANAGED TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST THIS BY FORMING A SHIELD WALL. THIS HELD THE NORMANS OFF FOR HOURS, UNTIL HAROLD WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE WITH AN ARROW.
THESE ARE SHIELDS AND THEIR HERALDRY THAT I TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF AT MOUNTFITCHET:
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