The battle of Castillon

[Imperial Dave]

https://www.thecollector.com/battle-castillon-hundred-years-war/

Hopefully of interest

[Erpingham]

It starts on the wrong foot. Castillion was not the "first European battle won by the massed use of artillery". That would be  the battle of Beverhoutsveld in 1382.

Castillion is often over simplified as "modern" artillery overcomes "obsolescent" archery.  In fact, the French forces had plenty of archers (both the French and Breton ordonnance companies contained archers). And the killer blow was dealt by a cavalry flank attack. Why Talbot failed to anticipate this is an interesting question - did he really think the Bretons were legging it and thus dismissed them as a threat?

[Nick Harbud]

Yeah, it appears to be a very traditional (that is, pre-1980) view of this battle.  For my opinion see my Slinghot article from 2020 attached.