The Battle of Crug Mawr 1136 AD

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@xyz2121 4 года назад

I was once on a bus tour of Wales. Every so often, the Welsh bus driver would point to a passing field and say "And this is where we thrashed the English". After hearing this half-a-dozen times at different places, an irate Englishman stood up and said "Surely the English defeated the Welsh somewhere?". To which the bus driver replied "Not on my bus they didn't!".

@andymoore9977 4 года назад

Did the bus driver confuse the Normans for the Anglo Saxons? A mistake often made by those, usually tenuously, claiming Brythonic ancestry.

@donaldedward4951 4 года назад

The Welsh never met the English in battle. It was Normans who having defeated the English eventually defeated the Welsh.

@andymoore9977 4 года назад

@Johannes Liechtenauer Very true Johannes, but for many it is much simpler to see 'history' that way. Some even believe that Wales was a nation united under one king for centuries.

@ValleysOfRain 4 года назад

@Johannes Liechtenauer If you view the English as purely being the Anglo Saxons, sure, but that's factually incorrect. The English are a mixture of Anglo-Saxon, Norman, Danish and so on. Getting blame for what your forebears did is the plat du jour when it comes to historical politics, I'm afraid.

@nestpascamillekazeyquiveut9984 4 года назад

Vive la Normandie!!!

@Schniedragon88 4 года назад

Normans: "We got heavy cav, this will be easy!" Welsh: "Bold words for someone in longbow range."

@meeshermans297 4 года назад

if they'd just used their advantage and attacked the welsh immediatly instead of allowing the welsh to prepare they would have won EASILY

@wifehuman8084 4 года назад

@@meeshermans297 exactly!

@HeLpLOstGOdAny1 4 года назад

@@meeshermans297 Ah the ''what if'' line; played centuries too late and with the same overconfidence of the inexperienced.

@danielmorris6584 4 года назад

@@meeshermans297 Easily? Not sure. It's very possible they would have been stuck in a "fishbowl" if they all charged forward. Only the front lines would be able to engage, the majority of Normans would be stuck in the mosh pit. Casualties from archer volleys would be worse running forward to be stuck in a crowd.

@meeshermans297 4 года назад

@@danielmorris6584 No, the archers wouldn't have been set up yet and as such would be too incoherent to deal large amounts of casualties, and a charge of that caliber would easily have routed at least a few hundred welsh soldiers, meaning a prolonged melee was probably not going to happen. even if you get stuck in a 'fishbowl', an experienced commander would realised the enemy troops are tied up figghting and send around their heavy cavalry to charge them from behind.

@ghfdt368 4 года назад

As someone who is a fluent Welsh speaker i really appreciate the effort taken to pronounce welsh words and names properly. I had actually never heard of this battle before but today i learned something! Diolch yn fawr

@danboud8135 4 года назад

We do but try. /bows

@gwynevans6440 11 месяцев назад

@@danboud8135 Great work Dan

@randomguy-tg7ok 4 года назад

Normans: We're just much better than you in quality and quantity. Welsh: We have the longbow. ... Hmm... this'll be useful against the French.

@80ki68 4 года назад

Yeah, that is indeed where they got it from.

@Cancoillotteman 4 года назад

Goddamn bows... If they're in the open fields you can break them with an infantry advance followed by a cavalry charge, that's what Jeanne d'Arc did. But if they're defensive... better wait to invent canons then...

@JackBlack-py4en 4 года назад

Zacharie Guillerey and that’s what I thought Fitz shoulda done here. When the infantry started taking some arrows, full charge and use cavalry heavy on one flank (some on the other flank) to outflank and route from behind. At least not suffer devastatingly like here.

@Cancoillotteman 4 года назад

@@JackBlack-py4en I 100% agree : take the first volley and then charge in. The Cavalry should cover for potential ambushes

@80ki68 4 года назад

@@JackBlack-py4en Yeah, but the Welsh probably could have gotten their bowmen behind the infantry by the time the Normans hit, and Welsh infantry was primarily made up of decent spearmen, which isn't the type of unit cavalry wants to hurl itself into. While they overall would probably have ended up in a better position after the battle, I don't think victory would be certain. The Welsh could continue pelting the infantry and cavalry, both during the charge and the slow slugging match that would ensue, and their spearmen could make use of their defensive position. The advantage of the English would be better attacking infantry and the option for cavalry to flank. This probably would have been what transpired if only the Normans knew the power of the Welsh longbows, and the Welsh still may have won, but I think the Normans were put into shock by how devastating the volleys were.

@ieuanrogers9978 4 года назад

As a Welshman and native of the mentioned Cardigan I have to say you did a good job of the Welsh pronunciations. Good video.

@dylanmcdowell3894 4 года назад

This guy cares more about Welsh pronunciation than any other non-Welsh History RU-vidr and it shows. Great channel; great video.

@TheOnyxisthere 4 года назад

Richard de Clare: “care for a round of gwent?”

@MaciejBogdanStepien 4 года назад

ha!

@about80ninjas 4 года назад

I’m hankering for a round of Gwent...

@dawn-blade 4 года назад

Welsh rebels: "Damn, you're ugly."

@pradshaw89 4 года назад

Silently nods.

@johnshelton1141 4 года назад

If only the Saxons had longbows at Hastings, the Normans would have driven back into the sea. The tyrannic Nobility would have never taken power. England would resembled Iceland, a land run by ordinary people.-

@jimjamjimjam7700 4 года назад

Hi BazBattles, Welshman here. Thank you for pronouncing things correctly

@jimjamjimjam7700 4 года назад

@@clairfayne Haha I can do "llanfairpwllgwyngwyll" then "mumblemumble" then "gogogoch" I'm working on it :p

@TheSamuraijim87 4 года назад

Welsh Longbowmen - destroying armies of French knights from foot before it was in vogue. Hope we get to see all the Welsh campaigns from this to Llewelyn the Great, to King Edward's wars to Owain Glyndwr.

@cymro6537 3 года назад

Little known fact :Per square mile, Wales has the most battlefield sites in Britain. Additionally - per square mile has the most castles in the world.

@harryworth3317 4 года назад

You missed the best part, as the Norman's retreated to the nearest castle, the bridge outside the castle collapsed under the weight killing hundreds.

@therighteousmoose5036 4 года назад

That happened a lot during retreats, actually.

@rhodrison 4 года назад

Normans be fat

@christianfreedom-seeker934 4 года назад

This is true? That bridge was likely wooden then or stone of poor construction.

@rhodrison 4 года назад

@@christianfreedom-seeker934 nah, superb quality, fat Normans tho

@pigsassispork 4 года назад

That's a delightfully gory anecdote. I had an uncle in the army. He said that when they encountered a bridge while marching, they were instructed to 'break step', as the pounding of two thousand boots in unison could cause serious damage to a structure. But I don't know. Did soldiers march in step in those days? Perhaps it was just a shabby bridge. And I suppose one is not marching with the enemy pursuing in near proximity. At any rate the past comes alive with these sort of musings. Thank you Harry.

@Inucroft 4 года назад

On the whole, some decent pronunciations.

@danboud8135 4 года назад

Cheers. Effort was made. /bows

@julez2106 4 года назад

Dan Boud superb pronunciation, as always!!

@Inucroft 4 года назад

@@danboud8135 Main issue with Wales is.. Welsh isn't a single language. It's two classed as one.

@kinghunter1996 4 года назад

03germas is that so ? Never heard that before

@Inucroft 4 года назад

@@kinghunter1996 You have Gogleth (North) welsh & Taff (Mid/West) Welsh. Though they are trying to standardise it into a single language..... Both these living within the Bythonic Group that also includes Cornish & Bretonic.

@corey3904 4 года назад

"The clamor of bent steel and agony rang out across the battlefield" Well written!

@HistoryTime 4 года назад

Epic battle. FOR GWYNEDD !

@booj3432 3 года назад

Cringe

@cymrocymraeg5352 3 года назад

Gwych

@MrKbonez 3 года назад

Try "Cymru am Byth"

@samwood1799 3 года назад

Am Gwynedd*

@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 3 года назад

For Prydain!

@Zelein 4 года назад

More content about Wales, Ireland and Scotland please! This is some real eye-opening stuff for someone who until now knew very little about the history between Wales and England

@mrwelshaviation_024 6 месяцев назад

I live in wales and we are hardly taught about it

@nerdsforever4852 4 года назад

As a Welshman its always nice to see Crug Mawr get it's due

@noifurze6397 4 года назад

As someone who's half welsh this was very interesting

@LEFT4BASS 4 года назад

I’m of Welsh and English descent. My surname originated in Monmouthshire and my first name at least Celtic, if not Welsh. It’s amazing that the Welsh identity and language have been able to survive all this time. I hope to see the Welsh language rise up again. Long live wales.

@ereynolds72 4 года назад

LEFT4BASS it’s growing still mate

@dragonofwales 4 года назад

Cymru am byth!

@szalard 4 года назад

@@LEFT4BASS Amen brother! Amen!

@totalwartimelapses6359 4 года назад

Always loved how BazBattles distinguished themselves as the history channel that covers the most obscure battles in history

@Isleep-walking 4 года назад

Still wish he would do more series like the japan and greek ones.

@SuperRichyrich11 4 года назад

Not obscure but lesser known. Many of the not-so-famous battles they cover were hugely influential or important in some way. For instance, this was the first battle that proved archers could BTFO heavy Calvary which at the time was seen as near invincible on the European battlefield..... a foreshadowing of Agincourt lmao

@totalwartimelapses6359 4 года назад

@@SuperRichyrich11 Oh don't get me wrong I ain't downplaying their importance, just saying if you poll people (interested in history) about this battle, highly doubt you'd get more than 10% who heard of it Compared to for example Zama or Alesia

@bernie910 4 года назад

vin 950 it's on the A487 in Penparc, just outside Cardigan, the line of the track in this video, is the actual main road today, I drive it most days and always think of this battle as I do. When he says, after the battle, that the retreating English crossed the bridge in Cardigan to escape, it doesn't state that the bridge collapsed and there was much slaughter of the English.

@carlpult5235 4 года назад

What many people forget when talking about the Norman Conquest is that the Longbow only became a significant part of English warfare once the Welsh were incorporated. This goes so far as to invent explinations for the lack of Archers in the Anglo-Saxon ranks at Hastings.

@neildahlgaard-sigsworth3819 4 года назад

Carl Pult the Normans were already using archers in 1066, as shown in the Bayeux Tapestry.

@arandomguy8771 4 года назад

@@neildahlgaard-sigsworth3819 most likely with significantly less range so not as useful but with a longbow you have massive range so more men would be wanted who could shoot a longbow than a shortbow

@robertross5006 4 года назад

England has always had Longbows but they were mainly for hunting, not warfare because at the time it was very expensive to build and replace lost arrows that could pierce shields, when the Normans became much more wealthier they could afford them but because of the mindset of the time many lords refused seeing it as dishonorable (example from the battle of Maldon) or not a great tactic, so even if the welsh weren't incorporated into the Kingdom, England would be able to get their own long bowmen.

@raymondjames1341 4 года назад

Did king Harold's english army not kill king hardrada from Norway with an arrow at the battle of Stamford bridge??

@I_Don_t_want_a_handle 4 года назад

@@raymondjames1341 A shot from Norway to Yorkshire would require more than a long bow ... ;p

@MrCymru 2 года назад

Ry'n ni yma o hyd! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇨🇮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@chasespeer251 4 года назад

Here in America, most people don't even know Wales is a place yet here is another example of them not giving a damn against the power houses of their day. Respect

@leod-sigefast 4 года назад

@IRONHILLdwarf * No, they are mostly descended from the English. I know you like to wish otherwise, but the English founded and settled the South of the USA. The Scots, Welsh, and Irish had tiny populations in comparison to the English. It is just anti-English wish-it-was.

@54356776 4 года назад

@IRONHILLdwarf * That explains all the incest then 😂

@NickLongFilmmaking 3 года назад

@IRONHILLdwarf This topic has a lot of misconception there. You are both right and wrong. The reason for there being many americans with irish, scottish and welsh descent is because of the great migrations that happened after the colonisation of america. the celtic nations of britain were still under oppression and unfortunately is still happening to this day. Many wanted to start a new life of opportunity in America because of the way the celtic nations were and still are being treated - like second class citizens despite being the original inhabitants of britain. But this is why you have Welsh speaking areas in America.

@NickLongFilmmaking 3 года назад

@IRONHILLdwarf when i said "you are both right and wrong" i was talking about you and the guy who mentioned about it being primarily english descent. I'm Welsh myself and live in Wales... i think your response then was a little over defensive.. i just stated the main event in my culture's history that is the primary cause for celtic dna comimg to America.. but to go as far as to say that the dna is 90% scotch irish is incorrect... thats just not possible with the history of the US, you have such a large mixing of dna with English, celtic, spanish and native american settlers it would be stupid to suggest pure celtic genetics in america...

@NickLongFilmmaking 3 года назад

@IRONHILLdwarf furthermore, here is a quote "In the 2017 American Community Survey, 5.39 million (1.7% of the population) reported Scottish ancestry, an additional 3 million (0.9% of the population) identified more specifically with Scotch-Irish ancestry, and many people who claim "American ancestry" may actually be of Scotch-Irish ancestry." After further reading on this across a few websites its estimated around 9.2% of american population is of scotch-irish ancestry... that is far from 90% celtic dna in america

@joshclark2274 4 года назад

As a Welsh man and history student. I wanna thank you creating this incredibly informative video. Cymru am Byth!

@larryreese6146 4 года назад

Hey friend, greetings from Oklahoma. Tell me are there many people in Wales with the name of Rhys, Rees, or Reese? Family lore says that our family came from Southern Wales in about 1730. Of course that was before we became acquainted with the Scots Irish and Native American ladies.

@JB-if5or 4 года назад

Larry Reese the first 2 are kind of common

@ereynolds72 4 года назад

Larry Reese Rhys is the correct name for Wales, Reese may be an anglicised spelling of a south welsh name.

@larryreese6146 4 года назад

@@ereynolds72 family sources have always said from a family who came from Breckon to land in New Castle, Connecticut, then filtered into Pennsylvania and down into the Piedmont of N. Carolina. From there my particular branch mixed with the Cherokee and went west on the Trail of Tears. Original ApRhys changed to Reese. Thanks.

@larryreese6146 4 года назад

@@ereynolds72 I am unfamiliar with conditions in Wales during the 1700s that might have influenced my family's immigration from there but would be very interested in learning if there might have been some catalist which caused the immigration. They were said to be strict Presbyterians and in about every instance they lived among, married into, and migrated with the Scots Irish.

@OwainapDewi 4 года назад

Thank you for covering Welsh history!

@owainevans89 4 года назад

Yes. Finally a welsh battle. Perhaps the rebellion of owain glyndwr in future

@bujin1977 4 года назад

The Battle of Bryn Glas (Pilleth) is a fascinating one for Owain Glyndwr. I'd like to see a video on that one!

@bujin1977 4 года назад

@Johannes Liechtenauer Because the manner of the Welsh victory is what makes Bryn Glas interesting. To me, anyway.

@karlkuttup 4 года назад

as a long distance relatiave of owain ap glyndwr dont know how many of his male line he knew of im a cousin of the line my greatgrandad allso owian owen williams came from angelessy he had a family tree done in the 1970s allso got oliver cromwell in my family line as well bit strange

@bradjones2329 4 года назад

@me and me snp? sounds good to me ;)

@angrywelshman7207 4 года назад

@me and me we actually have our own SNP of sorts it's called Plaid Cymru but it doesn't even hold the majority, Cymru has always been clashing between labour and conservative, mostly labour in front but conservatives are normally right behind labour.

@ManofSteel4910 4 года назад

It does my heart good to see my Welsh ancestors routing some Normans.

@chadhill455 4 года назад

Yesss. So damn chuffed when I saw a Welsh battle. I also love the proper pronunciations of Welsh names and places. Please do more!

@andrewchapman2039 4 года назад

"Hmm, it's been a while since the last video..." Video uploads Video features a lot of Welsh names. "Oh, I understand now."

@etmooreca9612 4 года назад

Always proud to learn about the country of my heritage 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️!

@LuigianoMariano 4 года назад

Anglo-Normans: They can't win! We have the numbers and the high ground! Welsh: Target practice!

@jonharper8963 4 года назад

The normans had every reason to be over confident, never a good sign if I know my Baz battles....

@yusassin1449 4 года назад

I think you're not wording it correctly, what you want armies to doubt themselves? No my friend you probably meant over-confident. Being confident is NEVER a bad thing but there is a fine line between confidence and arrogance/ being over-confident. I mean the Welsh were CONFIDENT enough to take on the Normans if they weren't confident they would have just retreated.

@alexanderchristopher6237 4 года назад

@@yusassin1449 he said overconfident though, not just confident.

@yusassin1449 4 года назад

@@alexanderchristopher6237 Well this is embaressing, I wrote that comment right after I woke up so I seem to have misread the comment. I seem kinda stupid now... Anyways if the person who wrote the top comment reads this, my apologies lol

@sjonnieplayfull5859 4 года назад

@@yusassin1449 his basic point is: with BazBattles' video's its usualy a surprising victory. The one likely to win does not, even though they had every right to be over confident.

@yusassin1449 4 года назад

@@sjonnieplayfull5859 Yes I understood that part I just seem to have missed one word wich was "over".

@ekn_38 4 года назад

Every time I forget that I'm subscribed but get positively surprised nevertheless. Keep up the great content^^

@gaslightstudiosrebooted3432 4 года назад

@Trisoz 4 года назад

Same

@thebigdrew12 4 года назад

The best part? The tidbits on the back end of the video

@MattUnboxTV 4 года назад

Total war fans where u at

@arandomguy8771 4 года назад

Moral of the story dont mess with Welsh Longbowmen.

@randomguy-tg7ok 4 года назад

Yep. Never mess with the Welsh Longbowmen.

@tancreddehauteville9983 4 года назад

Paulo Mendes Then even the mountains weren’t safe

@randomguy-tg7ok 4 года назад

Hey, even in the gunpowder era, any time you see a British unit that's obviously not English, it's basically an elite unit.

@kingskelett6265 4 года назад

The random guy In other words: First third of the 100 years war (In all seriousness Longbows are really scary, pretty good AP, longest shot with 250m and very fast to fire with I think 6 arrows per minute or more)

@magnuscoles5010 4 года назад

Unless you're the mong... Oh wait! wrong place sorry

@smartyplants7666 4 года назад

As a Welshman myself you were spot on with the pronunciations, top job with the video.

@KozmykJ 4 года назад

Except for CRUG , He pronounced it "Croog". It should be "Creeg"

@KozmykJ 4 года назад

@FearOfFacts Better ;^)

@danielthomas3333 4 года назад

smartyplants The pronunciations were only mediocre. It was obvious to a welsh speaker the it was fake

@algwallt869 4 года назад

@@KozmykJ Wrong Im afraid, its CR'UGH'G (and not as in Hugh, more like the sound you make when you see something unpleasant).

@KozmykJ 4 года назад

@@algwallt869 Welsh 'U' is pronounced like the English 'EE' , or it is down here at least. Are you from up there perhaps? Talks funny up there they does, isn't it. 😜

@JB-if5or 4 года назад

Awesome love that your took an interest in our country 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🔥🔥

@JB-if5or 4 года назад

Johannes Liechtenauer yes true that

@steveballinger9643 4 года назад

A single Welshman on a large hill caught the eye of a Norman army leader. The Welshman ducked behind the hill as the leader signalled a thousand infantry to give chase. They disappeared behind the top of hill and an hour later just one returned..”its a trap,” he told the Norman leader, “..there are two of them!!”

@xXKirkSoloXx 4 года назад

WALES? IVE NEVER CLICKED SO FAST! CYMRU AM BYTH!

@jamesknightvo 3 года назад

Well done for making the effort to pronounce Welsh names accurately!

@trots69 4 года назад

Cymru am byth, by the way cracking pronunciation baz well done!

@drspaseebo410 4 года назад

I suspect you mean "Cymru am byth", which means "Wales forever". Pob hwyl ! /

@trots69 4 года назад

Dr Spaseebo problem of using an English autocorrect keyboard

@zoetropo1 4 года назад

4:35 Never underestimate the people of Gwent: they twice defeated the Romans’ famed II Augusta legion.

@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 3 года назад

And the Silures

@salamander981 2 года назад

...the Viet Gwent

@evilcommunistpicklerick3175 Год назад

@@salamander981 Lmao

@MRMcLean98 4 года назад

Welsh and proud 😄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@HKgaming86 4 года назад

Welsh Longbowman: Hold my ale, I'm about to end this man's career

@nigelsheppard625 4 года назад

Cwrw not ale.

@goosequillian 4 года назад

I do not know when you millennials realise that you have aped the same rubbish literally millions of times. A mere toddler has something more engaging to say.

@HKgaming86 4 года назад

@@goosequillian I'm guessing you're the type of guy who only appreciates a good cat meme?

@ashjones2627 4 года назад

@@goosequillian I know...the fall of western civilisation will be communicated purely through emojis and memes.

@ComradeBucket 4 года назад

Literally no one: Tom Conradson: Toddlers>Memes

@brandoncrapse1156 4 года назад

That was truly well done. That was a battle that is overlooked and I myself had never heard of. Great job guys. Much love, much respect.

@HeroHoundoom 4 года назад

The Welsh people were among the first to taste English imperialism. To this day the title of Prince of Wales is granted to the heir apparent of the English throne.

@agt155 4 года назад

You mean Norman imperialism. The Anglo-Saxon English fled, the English left were enslaved Brits. As for the 'Prince of Wales', that was Henry VIII's (Welsh King) way of trying to create a united Britain - taking us back to pre-Viking days.

@HeroHoundoom 4 года назад

@@agt155 No I meant English imperialism for the Normans virtually became English albeit gradually. Also, yes the title of Prince of Wales was intended to further unify Britain. However, who was meant to and did indeed dominate this "union" ? England of course. If that's not imperialism, what is?

@agt155 4 года назад

@@HeroHoundoom Robert of Gloucester in the mid to late thirteenth century: ...the Norman could not speak anything then except their own speech, and they spoke French as they had done at home, and had their children taught it, too, so that important men in this country who come from their stock all keep to that same speech that they derived from them; because, unless a man knows French, he is thought little of. But humble men keep to English and their own speech still. I reckon there are no countries in the whole world that do not keep to their own speech, except England only. Dominate in which way? England became part of Britain. Britain did not become England.

@po5333 3 года назад

The Title of Prince of Wales was created in 1216 by Llywelyn The Great. How was it "created" to unify Britain when Great Britain didn't exist then.

@MT-ic7ub 4 года назад

Massively appreciate this look into our otherwise overlooked history, Diolch yn fawr.

@garethpowell8344 4 года назад

Hi Baz. This was amazing, thanks. There are hardly any writings about Welsh history, so I also found this fascinating. Please do more!

@Connor_JR 4 года назад

As a Welshman I just want to say that I appreciate the effort that went into the pronunciations of some of these words. A valiant attempt!

@CommissarMitch 4 года назад

Who Will Win! A heavily armoured and armed elite army. Or Some Farmers with bendy sticks and string.

@santiagomachado7378 4 года назад

The finest cavalry of its day *OR* Some stringy bois

@bestestusername 4 года назад

Haha always the peasant with the most to loose will be the winner, he looses he dies, a knight looses he gets ransomed

@RenegadeVile 4 года назад

The former would win had they had a competent commander who knew that getting rained on by pointy sticks hurts...

@issacmoore1561 4 года назад

"Some farmers with bendy sticks and string" *remembers Vietnam*

@jedirevan5892 4 года назад

One of my favorite types of class in the University of RU-vid. If you have the right channels subscribed you could learn all types of things.

@agnezabarutanski1963 4 года назад

Whenever there's a battle involving longbows, the underdog is about to shock the superpower.

@ThelostGamer27 4 года назад

Yo you actually did a decent job at the pronunciations glad to see some people actually checking before making a video on this type of stuff lol

@namelessentity5851 4 года назад

"Bent steel and agony"....I dig that.

@alaeus2310 3 года назад

Who would win: The medieval Knight, one of if not the most fearsome soldier of its age, with incredible shock power and able to route forces much bigger than theirs OR One pointy boi

@jonbaxter2254 4 года назад

Wales entire history is just refusing to die and continue fighting.

@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 4 года назад

Not really. They got conquered by the Romans and the English, and ceased to exist as independent states for very large amounts of history (1st century to 4th century; 13th century to current day).

@tomk.williams1186 4 года назад

@@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 yeh but we're still here ..pussy boi

@tomk.williams1186 4 года назад

@Johannes Liechtenauer wow that's a fine English name you have and I bet you don't know anyone who has homes in the Welsh county side....but my family predominantly live in the country side and has second homes in Cornwall and Yorkshire..... where my uncle was tasked with shutting down the coal mines up north and got to keep the managers houses..so if you heard a Welshman by the name of Williams was coming to town in the eighty's just know hundreds of English people were losing their jobs and a Welshman was getting big money for doing so

@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 4 года назад

@@tomk.williams1186 Not as an independent country, though.

@Tlevids 3 года назад

Yeah but even after Wales fell to the English crown they kept fighting, either in rebellions (Madog ap Llywelyn, Llywelyn Bren, Owaim Glyndwr) or in dynastic conflicts in England such as the Wars of the Roses. Henry Tudor's army at the Battle of Bosworth Field was dominated by Welshmen with an axe to grind and with the desire to insert a Welsh dynasty on the throne of England - Richard III is believed to have been slain by the Welsh.

@beng1767 4 года назад

Very impressed with your Welsh pronunciations!

@aksmex2576 4 года назад

Normans: we gonna camp this hill Welsh: well we got bows

@samwood1799 4 года назад

Anglo-Saxons: *Attempts to invade Wales* Welsh: *Waiting in ambush with bows* Anglo-Saxons: The trees are speaking Welsh! Welsh: *Decimates the Anglo-Saxon force without a spear being thrown*

@muchentuchen6592 4 года назад

"Welshmen ready your bows "

@samwood1799 4 года назад

"Cymro, aros am fy gorchymyn" (Welshmen, await my command)

@roryokane5907 4 года назад

Sam Wood “Cymry: arhoswch am fy ngorchymyn!” (welshmen, wait for my order!”)

@bujin1977 4 года назад

Fascinating stuff. Owain Gwynedd, along with his nephew Rhys (Gwenllian's son) of Deheubarth, Iorwerth Goch ap Maredudd of northern Powys and Owain Cyfeiliog of southern Powys also defeated an invasion into North Wales by King Henry II in 1165 at the Battle of Crogen, near to where Chirk Castle is today. Great video, excellent pronunciations. (My only minor OCD gripe is that there is a double-D ("dd") at the end of Gruffydd! ;) Otherwise it's just a hard "d" sound, rather than a "th" sound!)

@laamonftiboren4236 Год назад

The 'dd' sound was usually spelt with a single 'd' in mediaeval Welsh, so maybe that's what he was going for?

@Artur_M. 4 года назад

What a happy day! BazBattles makes a video about Welsh history, just when I was thinking about it. Edit: This was one of the rare occasions among the videos on this and similar channels, where I didn't know the outcome of the battle at all. Therefore I was on the edge of my seat rooting for the Welsh. :)

@stzawadzki 4 года назад

My guess is that BazBattles is trying to draw attention with very little known battles by countries that still exists - thus gaining support from many different people around Europe that it's showing little known battles of its histories . Not that I'm complaining, quite opposite - know it doesnt show same battles as different channels :)

@Dwightstjohn-fo8ki Год назад

4:00 In Canada I'm beginning to get the idea: Welsh trade unionists, English lawyers, and Scottish managers all come to Canada, bringing 1,000 years of their class fight baggage with them. Explains a lot of my Canadian work experience!!!

@StoneMason103 4 года назад

Every time I hear this beautiful man start telling me about an ad I’m pleased because it means he’s getting a cheque

@danboud8135 4 года назад

This guy here, this guy gets it!

@philRminiatures 4 года назад

Wonderful maps and animations once again...Excellent!

@Lerussedu22 4 года назад

Frenchman: I fear no man. But that thing... *Longbow* it scares me.

@neofd3223 3 года назад

Love this video, we’ll researched! I’ve been looking for videos on this battle as it’s incredible, and now I have one, a good one too.

@samevans847 4 года назад

Proof the Cheesy Longbows in Age of Empires are historically accurate!

@brokenbridge6316 4 года назад

I love a good underdog story and the Welsh were the ultimate underdogs.

@tabinekoman 4 года назад

Norman : it is over, I have a higher ground! Welsh : We have the bow

@thehistorybard6333 4 года назад

Awesome video, this is a really fascinating period of history I didn't really know anything about. Thanks guys!!

@g.zoltan 4 года назад

No ad in the beginning, earns an instant like

@yukiisenpai5424 4 года назад

They have the high ground the Normans gonna win

@placeholder8768 4 года назад

Yukii Senpai ok weeb

@skeptic781 4 года назад

@@The_Gerry_Man up the uvf

@jevinliu4658 4 года назад

The Normans haven't heard of horse archers. Horse archers: *runs in circles* Well, the Welsh were not horse archers, but same idea.

@yukiisenpai5424 4 года назад

@@conall1916 That is epic....

@lionelhutz5137 4 года назад

notice me senpai

@MrWolf-kd8yh 4 года назад

I'm new to the channel and I absolutely love this kind of content! Liked and subscribed!

@danboud8135 4 года назад

Welcome!

@laylobinson5839 4 года назад

Aaah how it puts a smile on my face everytime i see a uploadfrom a awesome history channel. Keep up the great work!

@Chief2Moon 4 года назад

Love history. Great presentation, thanks for posting!

@victorbruant389 4 года назад

STOP THIS MADNESS, IN THE NAME OF YOUR KING!

@joseph891 4 года назад

Oh there is no more wine? Well then.... BRING MOOOOOOORE.

@victorbruant389 4 года назад

@@joseph891 The waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar is pregnant!

@jonweik4091 4 года назад

Always love your videos , as always a BTS would be interesting to see

@gaarabushi 4 года назад

Absolutely fantastic work as always a must see!

@mfhex1398 4 года назад

man, the buildup up until around 7:10 is so well done mate, great job! hype

@micahistory 4 года назад

The conquest of Wales is unlike any I ever heard before

@denniscleary7580 4 года назад

Always love your guys work 👍

@JasonQog 4 года назад

Thank you so much for your channel, that's all I wanted to say, please keep up the good work. As always a thumbs up.

@jabloko992 4 года назад

Thank you Baz Battles for leaving the sponsor to the end. Your videos are so much more pure and enjoyable without me having to skip the first minute.

@hobog 4 года назад

longbows, prequel battles before Crecy and Agincourt Welsh spelling seems to be more consistent than English spelling

@mhmhmmhh4550 4 года назад

We don't have things like There, their and they're. We have our tricky bits but we spell the same way we speak and we don't have stupid silent Ks like Knight or knife

@Tomwithnonumbers 4 года назад

It is more consistent but its use of the alphabet is unusual which throws people off. W, Y represent vowel sounds, and dd, ch, ng, ll and ff represent sounds not commonly used in English

@kunth1819 4 года назад

I was really thinking about going to sleep but then the notification came. :-)

@blackbaxter1 4 года назад

Loved seeing the longbows featured. Great video!

@poobannu 4 года назад

Luv ur channel loads😍😍!!Thanks for creating this new video😊

@Joker-yw9hl 4 года назад

This is awesome. As someone born in England but raised in Wales with mostly Irish, Welsh and Serbian blood, I can't help but hype hard here. I wonder if my ancestors fought against these Normans

@hamarbiljungskile8953 4 года назад

Irish, Welsh and Serbian... damn, that's a weird combo, must be a nice conversation starter. You speak any Serbian?

@Joker-yw9hl 4 года назад

@@hamarbiljungskile8953 haha yeah i'm basically half Irish, a quarter Welsh and quarter Serb. I have learnt only simple phrases in Serbian like goodbye etc but it would be nice to speak it one day

@hamarbiljungskile8953 4 года назад

@@Joker-yw9hl Hey, if you ever need someone to help you out with that, hit me up. I'm always happy to help out a countryman, or quarter-countryman for that matter.. I mean, I have no idea who you are, but you obviously watch BazBattles, so you can't be that bad of a person.

@richardsmith2825 4 года назад

The Romano British resistance against the odds against both Saxon and Norman was ridiculously heroic, silenced from most history books. The Normans made a fatal mistake executing Gwenllian. Her tiny army fought magnificently and she fought to the last. Killing her drove the Welsh mad. They were still shouting "Ddail Achos Gwenllian!"" in the Owain Glyndwr revolt 264 years later! I've driven past Crug Mawr hill so many times on the way to Cardigan. What isn't mentioned is that the Flemish mercenaries were the best foot soldiers the Normans had. They were cut to pieces in thirty minutes. How many know or even care these days? What a win but they couldn't stop the tide from the east, even with the best bowmen in the world.

@GaveMeGrace1 4 года назад

Thank you- that was splendid.

@EvgenijM21 4 года назад

Wow, just found this channel , instant subscribe for sure ! Great work dude

@andraslibal 4 года назад

Flemish settlers and mercenaries in Wales. This is interesting.

@Castiwr 4 года назад

There's a town in Pembrokeshire actually calo3d 'Flemingston', indicating the extent of Flemish settlement in that area. In addition to being handy mercenaries they also skilled wool workers and were trusted by the Anglo-Normans to not rebel like the Welsh.

@samwood1799 4 года назад

@@Castiwr Indeed, the invasion of Wales is evidence that migration can and is used as a weapon against the native population. There was also Irish settlers and in the 13th-15th centuries English displaced and replaced the native peasantry in some areas to stop rebellion (which didn't work as fighting in Wales continued until Henry Tudor became king in 1485) They also had Owain Lawgoch (Owain the Redhand) assassinated as its believed he was raising an army in Castile to re-take Wales.

@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz 4 года назад

Various prominent RU-vid historians could take some lessons from this man on the importance of pronouncing names correctly. It's probably one of the easiest, quickest ways there is to lend credibility to your presentation. It's amazing how much work some of these guys will put into their vids, and then when it comes to actually saying the names of the people they're talking about, they're suddenly "Oh, whatever, it is what it is!" It's not only sloppy, it shows a fundamental lack of respect. It takes literally 30 seconds with an online resource to learn the correct pronounciation of a name or word. Many online dictionaries and encyclopedias will even sound out the word for you. Props.

@Bellinghamspence 3 года назад

Another very interesting battle that I have never heard of. But very interesting an something that I want to look more into. Kudos to BazBattles.

@alexmalaki3534 4 года назад

Well done, been following this channel for a while, and it's great to see you with a decent reputable sponsor, hopefully they're treating you right, keep up the amazing content!

@kunth1819 4 года назад

BazBattles video = better day

@Judicial78 4 года назад

I dont know why this is such a radical battlefield tactic, I literally do this every time to the AI in total war and they always fall for it :D

@lamolambda8349 4 года назад

Yeah it's shitty AI

@jameskelman9856 4 года назад

Nicely done ! Thanks !

@creightonjewkes9124 4 года назад

great video! love to see this channel growing :)

@Freakazoid3568 4 года назад

I'm so happy they've made on about wales

@barticsebastian3756 4 года назад

Ur channel is excellent in all the power of the word (excellent)

@pissedoff-is1mt 5 месяцев назад

Excellent! You hear so little about our little country on youtube or tv

@bpapao 4 года назад

Another high quality video I've subbed for. Nice new intro!

@DutchFurnace 4 года назад

"Battle of llwchwr" Go on then voiceoverman, give it a try.

@Josh-qx8sq 4 года назад

ll-wich-wer

@ahhaha9883 4 года назад

Josh completely wrong

@greentheryno6376 4 года назад

Sh-vik-vir? Not very confident in that answer, but I'm curious as to what it actually is.

@ahhaha9883 4 года назад

GreenTheRyno there’s no real way to write how to pronounce ‘ll’ and ‘ch’ phonetically. Best thing you could do is look it up

@alganhar1 4 года назад

@S billings W and Y are Vowels in Welsh. Most people outside Wales appear to be ignorant of the fact that the Welsh alphabe actually *differs* from the English Alphabet, the fact that W and Y are considered vowels and not consonants in Welsh are only two of those differences.... go look it up.