What tactics did William of Normandy use to win the battle of hastings?

Answer 1

William had built ships to carry his force - great store of weapons - came back to fight - William arranged his army in rows - Made a wall of shields - Effective Weapons - Fighting Uphill :(

Answer 2

• Buit a strong navy
• Gathered equipment and provisions
• Used his wealth and power to train a well disciplined army that consisted of mercenaries, knights, Bretons, and people from the low countries.
• Gets a papal banner (pope's support)
• Diplomatic alliances with neighbours to ensure Normandy remained his

Answer 3

The tactics used by William in The Battle of Hastings was to charge at Harolds army, (up hill) and then turn and run down hill. Harolds army would then chase the running Normans. The Normans would stop running and circle Harolds army. They killed off many this way.

they then fired arrows into the saxson ranks

Answer 4

The Battle of Hastings was one of the earliest recorded battles at which heavy cavalry used couched lances, which was made possible by the recent invention of the arched saddle and stirrups.

William also used a combination of archers, infantry, and cavalry, where Harold used only infantry.

Answer 5

William's troops feigned retreat, making the English break their own shield wall, making them vulnerable. Then, the Normans suddenly turned around and surrounded the English, hacking them down, one by one.............

Answer 6

Well, William had many options against his tough opponent Harold, who had experience in many tactical battles. William finally went for the archer technique, in other words, he set his archer first against Harold's shield wall, this did soften the opposition a little though did not break the wall, so then Harold decided to charge with his soldiers, this was a bad and a good idea, bad as they were literally going to get trampled on though good because when they retreated the Saxons chased them, therefore breaking the wall. Then William used his cavilers to go in side the wall and then absolutely smash the saxons. In my opinion at the end of the day HArold should have won, as he had the better tasctics and was winning until his soldiers broke the wall of defence.

From Kes Boy (shell b)

Answer 7

He told the pope so many nobles and mercenaries joined up to have a guaranteed place in the after life, he also had 7,000 men 200 horses and 700 ships.

Answer 8

The best thing that William did to prepare for the Battle of Hastings was to rest his troops. He also had a strong battle plan that ultimately sealed his victory.