Battle_of_Bourgthéroulde
The Battle of Bourgthéroulde was a skirmish between the forces of king Henry I of England led by Odo Borleng and rebel forces led by Waleran de Beaumont which took place on 26 March 1124.[1]
The battle took place south-west of Rouen in the Duchy of Normandy, not far from the location of the Battle of Brémule which had been fought five years earlier. The exact site of the battle is unknown.[2] Although the battle is considered to be a minor skirmish between two small bands of soldiers, it had a profound impact on the stability of the region during a time when the ownership of the duchy was in question.[1][2] The battle was the first of many early examples of the English primarily using archers and infantry (in this case, dismounted cavalry) in battle before the infantry revolution and the Hundred Years' War.[3] After the battle, the English would continue to employ this tactic, as seen in the Battle of the Standard,[4] but would later drop its use for more conventional medieval tactics in the late 12th and 13th centuries.