Kudos for your book Agincourt. As an occasional bow-hunter for deer here in the states, I have noticed I can’t hit much of anything beyond 25 yards without a lot of practice. My question concerns English archers at the battle of Agincourt and what their maximum effective range would be against mounted Milanese plate armored knights. Another question would be why would the French slaughter their own crossbow men at “Agincourt” ? My understanding of the battle was that the crossbowmen in the van were making a tactical retreat because their shields used to defend against English arrows were unobtainable. The shields were packed in the luggage of the French trains. Did firearms play any role in the battle of Agincourt at all? Bob Long