Somme (river) invasion fleet of William the Conqueror assembled in the Bay of the Somme, at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. The river also featured in the 1346 withdrawal of Edward III of England's army, which forded the river at the Battle of Blanchetaque during the campaign, which culminated in the Battle of Crécy. Crossing the river also featured prominently in the campaign which led to the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. In 1636, a Spanish army led by Thomas Francis, prince of Carignan, crossed the Somme defeating a French army during the Thirty Years War threatening Paris. Most famously, the Battle of the Somme, during
Battle of the Baetis River local knowledge. A number of Sertorius men were locals so he had the upper hand. The only fragmentary description we have is from Sallust: Fufidius lost two thousand men, and the greater part of further Spain along with them. Fufidius survived the battle but vanishes into obscurity, remembered mainly as the man who had lost Hispania to Sertorius. Sertorius' victory marked the start of Sertorian war which would ravage the Iberian peninsula for the next eight years. The war would only end after a number of Sertorius' men became disgruntled and assassinated Sertorius. Battle of the Baetis River The Battle