Did Norman wisdom win the battle of Hastings?

Question

If so do you think he had any help off Mr Grimsdale

Answer 1

It is a little known fact that Norman Wisdom led the charge up the hill at Hastings into the massed ranks of the Spangly-Texans led by their commander Harold Steptoe on his horse Hercules.

Norman fell thirty-three times up the hill, but still managed to reach the top and jab Harold in the eye. Harold's dying words are reported to be "You dirty old man".

Answer 2

Battle of Hastings- ah I remeber seeing a re-enactment of the battle in england a few years ago. Well, the battle took all day so I say that both sides initial strategy was very poor; archers and foot vs. cavalry. It wasn't until the Normans changed their strategy near the end of the day and close the gap against the archers, did the Normans have a chance. I just don;t think we can consider them as "wise" if it took at least 7hours of doing the same thing and then figuring out it wasn't working.

Answer 3

No,he was wise after the event.
Mr. Grimsdale commanded the 3rd foot and mouth

Answer 4

In a manner of speaking yes, you could say that.
They won because Mr Grimsdale was on holiday in Bognor Regis.

Answer 5

Well there goes my bloody Mr Grimsdale joke

Answer 6

There's no doubting that our Norm, [Sir Norman Wisdom], stood up against the invading Normans with the assistance of Mister Grimsdale.

Norman stole his name from the invaders after he chucked them back into the sea.

Sir Norman Wisdom, still going at 90-something.

Last saw him in "Last of the Summer Wine" reading one of his funny poems about life love and sex.

Answer 7

LOL Seriously, luck and William's ability to change his strategy if the opportunity presented itself helped the Normans win the Battle of Hastings, October 14, 1066:

1) The Anglo-Saxon King, Harold Goodwin, led a similarly- sized force to William's of around 8,000 troops, but they were already suffering battle fatique, having recently defeated an invading Norwegian Viking Army at Stamford Bridge on the 15th of September in York. Indeed, Harold's army arrived at Hastings, without any reinforcements, only the night before the battle on October 13, 1066.

2) While the Anglo-Saxons only had one type of soldier--infantry--William used archers, infantry and cavalry, so he was able to vary his attack.

3) Originally, William's forces had little effect on wearing down the Anglo-Saxon's shield wall defensive formation until his Breton division routed, and some of the Anglo-Saxons broke rank to follow them. This inspired William to change tactics, ordering his army to retreat. Although the Anglo-Saxon shield wall held, a sizeable portion of Harold's army broke rank to give chase. William then quickly ordered his army to turn and cut down the Anglo-Saxons who had lost the all-important protection of the shield-wall.

4) William's archers were also able to fire over the shield wall into the ranks of the Saxon army. Harold was fatally shot in the eye with one of these random arrows--end of battle.

Afterwards, William moved cautiously on London, conquering Romney, Dover, and Canterbury enroute. Since none of the Northern Anglo-Saxon earls sent help, London submitted, and William was crowned King of England on Christmas Day 1066 in Westminister Abbey. He spent the next five years mopping up, crushing resistance and confiscating English land and giving it to his followers.

Answer 8

Norman Wisdom is now played by Lee Evans, except Norman didn't sweat so much.

Answer 9

I doubt it very much unless he swallowed them. I spent a long time trying to find a picture of Norman Wisdom with his mouth closed - luckily he now has a web-site and one or two of his earlier pics are not showing his tongue.

Answer 10

No, not Norman wisdom, but Norman brute force