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Saint George for England

CHAPTER XIX: BY LAND AND SEA
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The shout too reached the ears of the Prince of Wales, who had been fighting with another group.

Calling his knights around him he fell upon the rear of De Charny's party and quickly cleared a space around the king.
The fight was now everywhere going against the French, and the English redoubling their efforts the victory was soon complete, and scarcely one French knight left the ground alive and free.

In the struggle Edward again encountered De Ribaumont, who, separated from him by the charge of De Charny, had not heard the king's war-cry.

The conflict between them was a short one.

The French knight saw that almost all his companions were dead or captured, his party completely defeated, and all prospects of escape cut off.


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