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Agincourt

Agincourt (Azincourt), a village of northern France in the department of Pas de Calais, 14 miles to the north-west of Saint-Pol[?] by road, famous on account of the victory, on October 25, 1415, of Henry V of England over the French in the Battle of Agincourt.

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