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The Sword in Combat - Battles and Summaries

This is a companion to my other post . Each battle listed here is a description of swords and sidearms being used en masse , detailed in a m...

Thursday, April 16, 2026

An account of the Siege of Cahors (1580), from a Participant

Maximilien de Béthune (1560-1641) wrote in his memoirs (which were written in the second person) his own recollection of the Siege of Cahors (1580); which while lacking in the particulars of note to the siege itself, is a great first-hand account of Early Modern urban combat. It is a great scene, so I have translated it out of the French.