France

Battle of Aboukir Bay – Britain destroys Napoleon’s fleet

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Before the recently described Battle of Trafalgar, where the British fleet defeated the French invasion fleet, an equally important naval battle took place between the same nations. This was the Battle of Aboukir Bay (also known as the Battle of the Nile), where Napoleon’s fleet, tasked with protecting his expedition to Egypt, was utterly crushed by the ships of the Royal Navy under the command of the brilliant Horatio Nelson.

Battle of Crécy – massacre of French chivalry

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The Battle of Crécy is one of the first major battles that took place during the Hundred Years’ War between England and France. The clash was particularly bloody and ended with huge losses – the French knights charged the English positions as many as sixteen times, while being under constant fire from Edward III’s archers.