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5/6 of the English army were archers, at most 10% of these archers were Welsh Longbowmen (500 men), over 70% of the army was English Longbowmen.

God Bless America and it’s wonderful people. Greetings from Wales

Only 500 out of Henry V's 5,000 - 6,750 archers were Welsh so I would definitely agree with your comment.

Good riddance, oh shallow millennial. And the video wasn't all about you or XBOX so it had no value. tisk tisk

Retard you will never be a man,

So, you tube is a bit like sex then. While yer finished in less than twelve minutes. Some of us can go for ages.

Millennials have the attention span of a goldfish.

😂😂😂😂 what stupid fools you young lot are unwill reap what u sow God is watching always

My Grandfather worked down Six Bells, my Mother was pregnant, but overdue by three weeks, so when she finally went into labour, he was notified. He took a holiday to stay close to my Mother, and on the 28th of June 1960 I was born, he said if he would have been working he would have been in the vicinity of the explosion, and could have been killed. I was named after him. His name was David Mitchell.

This happened before the UK joined the EU in 1970s. Get your facts right.

Nick, you're a moron, the UK had far better safety standards than the EEC ever had when we joined in the 70s, safety standards in the EU still lag behind those we have in the UK. These safety laws were made whilst in the EU and we still made our own laws whilst in the EU, how odd...

Are you mad?! a Tory government caring at all about South Wales?!

@@eirugsiongriffiths8563 It was not called the EU then it was the EEC in the 1970's when first formed

@@helgavanovich7611 Like a Labour government caring about Aberfan !

RIP❣🙏

Also my grandad was in the explosion rip ❤️

From a fellow Welsh man my heart goes out to you. The price of coal was far too much

So sorry for your loss

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They can pierce armor but not plate and the archers hit the horses causing the heavy Frenchmen to be stuck on the floor unable to get up waiting to get slaughtered the success of the archers at this battle can not be disputed no matter how you look at it

God help you in your time of distress -- no one else will.

@@bradmiller2329 Your attitude is EXACTLY what is wrong with this world AND PS: I don't pray for you OR anybody, childish and waste of good time!

If you have any real interest, don't whinge here but take the trouble to read the official mines inspectorate report. Some folks seem to want everything served up on a plate. Not hard to find online - took 2 minutes www.dmm.org.uk/pitwork/html/sixbells.htm If you are really concerned, produce your own video, and post it on youtube

@@bigoldgrizzly Oh so sorry I disturbed your view of protocol, Yah, served on plate, when I have my car repaired expect it to be done right...served on plate? If you are going to make videos for public viewing - serve them right or not at all! It is the 'mentality' of the times, 'you must endure my pain with me', am I right or am I right?

@@richardnailhistorical3445 It seems your objection is to the religious beliefs and feelings of others. This video was clearly made primarily as a memorial to those who died, recording the impact and continuing effects on the community of this terrible disaster and also to record the basic facts of the disaster for those who do not know. If you prefer a purely dry factual approach, read the official report. If you have your car repaired you are commissioning and paying for a service and have the right to have the work done to your satisfaction. You did not commission or pay for this video, so can only take as it is, or move on to other sources. The likes and dislikes for this video tell their own tail

"Cofio Gwenllian" They were used by Rhodri Mawr prince of Gwynedd all over Wales against the Invasion of the Normans, English and Scandinavian mercenaries on the 3 attempts the Normans tried to take Wales. Wales won while shouting the battle cry "Cofio Gwenllian" Gwenllian was the Daughter of Rhodri Mawr. She and her young sons was killed protecting Wales against the Invasion while her husband went to get Rhodri Mawr.

From a Stoke Miner. Absolutely - - fitting music for such a tragic story. Went to many choir evenings at Old Victoria theatre and other local halls

Monmouthshire is in Wales lol

Donavan Caton + Nothing at all according to this, but then lets not let history get in the way.

Yep and likely sensibly equipped with pole arms, warhammers and maces rather than the pretty useless but romantic swords of the french

Yes they had a significant role in the battle. They protected the archers and they also had a significant role during the melée

As well as the thousands of English longbowmen.

@@ggarlick46 The ratio at Agincourt was 500 Welsh Longbowmen to 4,500-6,250 English Longbowmen. 23 Welsh Men at Arms to 975-1,325 English Men at Arms.

Not full plate, but it has enough breath holes or they targeted the horse.

@MichaelKingsfordGray whats your problem? 😂

Olivia. Yes but they learnt skills from the Welsh.

@@oliva6352 well Known that Welsh archers were superior

They can when the heads are sharpened properly. Everyone tests them unsharpened which is a joke. The arrow heads were sent to grinders all around the country to be sharpened TO a razor edge

@@lukeoconnor1201 they cannot pierce through plate. If they can, france would not had won the hundred years war. And also the french would not have gotten close and fought them into a melee. They could pierce the armors but not plate.

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Most mediaval illustrations denote some arrows piercing the thinner back plates . The archers knew they would be shooting point blank that's the reason they inserted sharpened wooden steaks directly in front of them at Crecy,Poitiers and Agincourt. Clearly horses and armoured horsemen had to turn on reaching the steaks or where thrown to the ground .. at this point archers were using heavy bows ,heavy arrows at point blank ranges at the much thinner back and side plates. This sounds awful ..why waste your arrows on a 4 mm thick breath plate when you can hit the horse which intern threw the occupant.

In manuscripts I have seen most illustrations of arrows piercing plate armour are through the thinner plates , example the back plates not the thicker breast plates etc. Unfortunately most tests seem to concentrate on the breastplate etc. We must remember that the horses were driven mad by arrows and on reaching the sharpened line of steaks infront of the archers , many horses threw their riders or turned giving the archers a point blank aim at the weaker armour.

Jeff Smith + The French flew the Oriflamme on the battlefield, it indicated that no quarter was to be given, not to sporting of them was it mucker.

Welsh! The Longbow men were Welsh. The English and Welsh weren't the same. Wales and England weren't connected by law until the mid 1500s

@@WalesTheTrueBritons + A few were Welsh, not many, most were English, only have to look at the records from the time.

@@WalesTheTrueBritons You are mistaken, and nevertheless even if this statement was correct Henry V was King of England, all of his side can be called English troops regardless of were they originated, Henry V was King of England, not King of the United Kingdom. Henry V had 6,000 -8,100 men at Agincourt, about 5⁄6 were archers meaning 5,000 - 6,750 archers; it's a fact that 500 archers and 23 men-at-arms travelled from Wales to France to fight alongside Henry V. The above shows us that at most 10% of Henry V's archers at Agincourt were from Wales; Longbow practice was compulsory for every male in England aged between 15 and 60, the first law to this effect was passed in 1252, 163 years before Agincourt therefore the English had been training compulsorily with the Longbow for 6 or 7 generations by the time of Agincourt. All I can say is: truth before opinions.

@@WalesTheTrueBritons No they were not. Only about 10 percent of the archers were Welsh at Agincourt. Youre mixed up with the battle of Crecy almost a hundred years earlier where about 40 percent of the archers were Welsh. I think a lot of so called Historians do this as well.