Harfleur

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Records show that Henry V took 12,000 men with him when he set out from Southampton and left many of them behind to man the garrison after an earlier victory at the port of Harfleur.

From BBC

Mr. O’Hara’s brisk production gets the story told, from Harfleur to Agincourt to an uneasy peace.

From New York Times

And it is because of Henry’s speeches at the siege of Harfleur and before Agincourt that the battle has become such a transcendent moment in the English national story.

From The Guardian

After the debilitating siege of Harfleur, immortalised in “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more …”, this was an engagement Henry V did not really want.

From The Guardian

And Debbie Harry Potter, the inspirational king who used the power of necromancy and electro-pop to defeat the French at Harfleur.

From The Guardian