King Harold

#Battle1066 King of the English! Enemy of Normans. Account run by @EnglishHeritage, learn more at

[King Harold @King_Harold66]

🏹 ⚔💀 #BattleofHastings #Battle1066

[King Harold @King_Harold66]

I see the shadow of Death in the archer’s eye and the knight’s lance… No! It won’t end like this. HOLY CROSS! #BattleofHastings #Battle1066

[King Harold @King_Harold66]

Norman arrows fall thickly and pierce mail. The dead stand with the living in our tightly packed shield wall. #BattleofHastings #Battle1066

[King Harold @King_Harold66]

MY BROTHERS! Gyrth and Leofwin have fallen while protecting my position… #BattleofHastings #Battle1066

[King Harold @King_Harold66]

Regroup! We can still win this! Do not allow the Normans to flank us! #BattleofHastings #Battle1066

[King Harold @King_Harold66]

Those fools giving chase will be slaughtered! The men I left in York would never have fallen for such a trick! #BattleofHastings #Battle1066

[King Harold @King_Harold66]

.@Duke_William66 lives! Fight on! OUT! HOLY CROSS! @Fyrdsman_1066, why is that right-flank still giving chase? #BattleofHastings #Battle1066

[King Harold @King_Harold66]

I dare not believe it, but has my enemy truly been killed? #BattleofHastings #Battle1066

[King Harold @King_Harold66]

.@Fyrdsman_1066 send word to the right flank. They keep chasing retreating Normans! We must hold the line! #Battle1066

[King Harold @King_Harold66]

@thischarmingsfc We're winning at the moment Danny!

[King Harold @King_Harold66]

Remove the wounded, @Duke_William66 will try that all again. Infantrymen will follow the arrows, then the cavalry! #Battle1066

[King Harold @King_Harold66]

Shields up – more arrows will come. The Normans fear fighting us up close! #Battle1066

[King Harold @King_Harold66]

The amount of foreign tongues I hear from the Norman army! @Duke_William66 has hired mercenaries from all over Europe! #Battle1066

[King Harold @King_Harold66]

Stand your ground! The horses will not charge into our wall. Force the Normans to fight hand-to-hand! #Battle1066

[King Harold @King_Harold66]

Look at the Normans; they can only fight us on horseback! Cowards! #Batttle1066

[King Harold @King_Harold66]

Here comes the men-at-arms. The climb will tire them – let them come to us! Do not break rank! #Battle1066

[King Harold @King_Harold66]

Most of their arrows fell well short. Few men have been maimed, fewer have been killed. Fill in the gaps, keep the wall strong! #Battle1066

[King Harold @King_Harold66]

As expected, the Normans have formed into three lines: archers, infantry and mounted knights #Battle1066

[King Harold @King_Harold66]

My army stands abreast in a long line, several men deep. The shield wall will not be breached! #Battle1066

[King Harold @King_Harold66]

Is that @Duke_William66!? He has put his hauberk on back to front! HA! Look boys, he’s flustered already! #Battle1066