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Does anyone know when the Welsh longbow was first created and put in the field? Because I had an idea about having Harold get a contingent of Welsh archers in time for Hastings. I know he fought in Wales, but whether the Welsh would help their old enemies I do not know. Longbows would outrange Norman short bows. At Hastings the English had only javelins and stones to throw at the Normans. If not Welsh longbowmen, then English archers would do. I know the English suffered at Hastings because they could not reply to the Norman missile fire.
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