The French won the Battle of Patay on 18 June, at which the English field army lost about half its troops. |
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Joan urged the Armagnacs to pursue, and the two armies clashed southwest of the village of Patay. |
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Near the village of Patay, French cavalry broke through a unit of English longbowmen that had been sent to block the road, then swept through the retreating English army. |
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The battle at Patay might be compared to Agincourt in reverse. |
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