On this date in 1396 an attempt at a fresh crusade against the Ottomans fizzled when the Europeans
got pasted outside the walls of Nicopolis by a superior Ottoman force. They might have had a chance if the French knights hadn't charged the enemy impetuously (they were apparently taking a break from charging English longbowmen impetuously) and caused the Western plan, such as it was, to disintegrate.
"The city was well-defended and well-supplied, and the crusaders had brought no siege machines."
ReplyDeleteLeave it to the Frogs to bring a knife to a gun fight.