War: Hundred Years War
Date of the Battle of Creçy: 26th August 1346.
Place of the Battle of Creçy: Northern France.
Combatants at the Battle of Creçy: An English and Welsh army against an army of French, Bohemians, Flemings, Germans, Savoyards and Luxemburgers.
Commanders at the Battle of Creçy: King Edward III with his son, the Black Prince, against Philip VI, King of France.
Size of the armies at the Battle of Creçy: The English army numbered some 4,000 knights and men-at-arms, 7,000 Welsh and English archers and some 5,000 Welsh and Irish spearmen. The English army fielded 5 primitive cannon.
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