One of the losing side's leaders was killed when an arrow was shot through his windpipe and that side only had twenty four of the two hundred longboats that were intact when they returned to Port Riccall, which fulfilled one commander's promise to only give "seven feet of English soil.
According to one anecdote, one general in this battle cheered his soldiers on by singing about their "blue swords in our array," and that general supposedly sighed before this battle because he was defending churches that his brother built and not giant castles. One of the losing side's leaders was killed when an arrow was shot through his windpipe and that side only had twenty four of the two hundred longboats that were intact when they returned to Port Riccall, which fulfilled one commander's promise to only give "seven feet of English soil." One side in this battle had five days earlier defeated Edwin and Morcar at the Battle of Fulford, and that side supposedly had an armored warrior on a bridge over the Derwent that held up an army until he was shafted from under the river. For 10 points, name this battle between Harold Hadrada and Harold Godwinson, which happened a few weeks before Hastings.
According to one anecdote, one general in this battle cheered his soldiers on by singing about their "blue swords in our array," and that general supposedly sighed before this battle because he was defending churches that his brother built and not giant castles.
Battle of Stamford Bridge