Grand Inquisitor Fulminarex said:
I hate to keep going on in the military history vein, but it is interesting, so..
The smartest thing Henry V did was picking his battlefield at Agencourt. Brilliant decision. And it was carried by the Longbowmen, because after they shot the knights down, they then waded into the muck and executed or captured the rest for ransom. Just our of curiosity, where were the pages for these knights?
Probably dead. A large number of the men at arms were killed or wounded in the front rank, and then trampled by the next rank due to the close conditions. The ones that lived were put to the sword by Harry's order, he was concerend that they might rearm and overwhelm the English. Only the highest ranking prisoners were spared.
Nox makes a good point above. Despite their artillery, the United States did lose the Battle of the Wabash to the natives. Almost the entire United States Army was butchered (Custer is for amatures), Washington had to offically pardon the commander, who had the misfortune to survive. (Little things they don't usually bring up in history class.)