They led by a mile at dawn after averaging 14 mph. The historian Victor M. Head write: "At 10.30 Angoulème was reached and the Englishmen stopped to gulp down bowls of hot soup.
They were ahead by a significant margin at daybreak after averaging 14 mph. Historian Victor M. Head remarked, "At 10:30 AM, Angoulême was reached, and the Englishmen stopped to consume bowls of hot soup."