| G.P. Putnam & Co - 1853 - 866 pages
...Normandy, & was for three centuries attached to the crown of England. It was the scene of a signal & most unexpected victory, gained Sept. 9, 1356, over...France, the cap. of which was Poitiers. Poix, a comm. & town of France, dep. Nord, 14 m. WNW Avesnes. P. 2,057. II. a comm., dep. Somme, 15 m. SE Amiens.... | |
| Theophilus Carey Callicot - Geography - 1853 - 876 pages
...Normandy, A was for three centuries attached to the crown of England. It was the scene of a signal 4 most unexpected victory, gained Sept. 9, 1356, over the French by the English. POITOC, an old prov. of France, th« cap. of which was Poitiers. Poix, a comm. 4 town of France, dep.... | |
| Theophilus Carey Callicot - Geography - 1854 - 882 pages
...Normandy, A was for three centuries attached to the crown of England. It was the scene of a signal A most unexpected victory, gained Sept. 9, 1356, over...Poitiers. Poix, a comm. A town of France, dep. Nord, 14 m. WXW Avesncs. P. 2,057. II. a comm., dep. Somme, 15 m. SE Amiens. P. 1,036. POKROV, a town of Russia,... | |
| Theophilus Carey Callicot - Gazetteers - 1855 - 880 pages
...Normandy, A was for three centuries attached to the crown of England. It was the scene of a signal A most unexpected victory, gained Sept. 9, 1356, over the French by the English. POITOIT, an old prov. of France, the cap. of which was Poitiers. Poix, a comm. A town of France, dep.... | |
| William Pembroke Fetridge - Europe - 1870 - 964 pages
...that over 300,000 Mohammedans were left dead upon the field. It was also the scene of a sign*! and most unexpected victory, gained Sept 9, 1356, over the French by the English under Edward the Black Prince, who captured and brought to England John, king of France. The prince... | |
| William Pembroke Fetridge - Europe - 1868 - 806 pages
...that over 300,000 Mohammedans were left dead upon the field. It was also the scene of a signal and most unexpected victory, gained Sept. 9, 1356, over the French by the English under Edward the Black Prince, who captured and brought to England John, king of France. The prince... | |
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