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The Standing Army (1452). N THE STANDING ARMY FOUR
of the south which the French kings had never been able to win was Guienne, the duchy on the river Garonne. Guienne had been a part of Eleanor's inheritance, and passed through her to the English kings; but though they had lost all else, the hatred of its inhabitants to the French enabled them to retain this, and Guienne had never yet passed under French rule. It was wrested, however, from Eleanor's descendants in this flood-tide of conquest. Bordeaux held out as long as it could, but Henry VI. could send no aid, and it was forced to yield. Two years later, brave old Lord Talbot led 5000 men to recover the duchy, and was gladly welcomed; but he was slain in the battle of Castillon, fighting like a lion. His two sons fell beside him, and his army was broken. Bordeaux again surrendered, and the French kings at last found themselves master of the great fief of the south. Calais was, at the close of the great Hundred Years' War, the only possession left to England south of the Channel. 14. E PROVINCE OF THE SOUTH WHICH THE FRENCH KINGS HAD NEVER BEEN ABLE TO WIN WAS GUIENNE THE DUCHY ON THE RIVER GALLONNE GUIENNE HAD BEEN A PART OF ELEANOR'S INHERITANCE AND PASSED THROUGH HER TO THE ENGLISH KINGS BUT THOUGH THEY HAD LOST ALL ELSE THE HATRED OF ITS INHABITANTS TO THE FRENCH ENABLED THEM TO RETAIN THIS AND GUIENNE HAD NEVER YET PASSED UNDER FRENCH RULE IT WAS WRESTED HOWEVER FROM ELEANOR'S DESCENDANTS IN THIS FLOOD TIDE OF CONQUEST BOURDOOR HELD OUT AS LONG AS IT COULD BUT HENRY THE SIXTH COULD SEND NO AID AND IT WAS FORCED TO YIELD TWO YEARS LATER BRAVE OLD LORD TALBOT LED FIVE THOUSAND MEN TO RECOVER THE DUCHY AND WAS GLADLY WELCOMED BUT HE WAS SLAIN IN THE BATTLE OF CASSION FIGHTING LIKE A LION HIS TWO SONS FELL BESIDE HIM AND HIS ARMY WAS BROKEN BODOL AGAIN SURRENDERED AND THE FRENCH KINGS AT LAST FOUND THEMSELVES MASTER OF THE GREAT THIEF OF THE SOUTH KELLY WAS AT THE CLOSE OF THE GREAT HUNDRED YEARS WAR THE ONLY PROCESSION LEFT TO ENGLAND SOUTH OF THE CHANNEL FOURTEE
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