Battle of Hastings

Timeline

1. 1066Pevensey · SussexWilliam landed at Pevensey with about 7,000 Norman, Breton, and French troops, then established a camp near Hastings and plundered the surrounding area for supplies. Harold had just finished the Battle of Stamford Bridge and was marching his exhausted army rapidly south from the north.
2. 1066Senlac Ridge · SussexHarold held the high ground at Senlac Ridge with a shield wall. Norman forces repeatedly feigned retreat to draw the English line into disorderly pursuit; in the melee Harold was struck in the eye by an arrow (or killed by a Norman knight), and two Godwin brothers, Leofwine and Gyrth, also fell. The English shield wall collapsed and the remnants retreated to the forest.
3. 1066Southeast England to London · EnglandAfter his victory at Hastings, William marched north along the southeast coast, building castles at Dover, Canterbury, and elsewhere and forcing local nobles to submit. London had proclaimed 'athelin' Edgar king to continue resistance, but after William cut off supplies the English nobles surrendered at Berkhamsted, paving the way for his coronation at Westminster in December.