![Hotspur had as good a claim to the throne as Henry Bolingbroke, but a well-aimed arrow fatally struck him in the face when he raised his visor.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/M-Shrewsbury-8-4C-Feb08-crop-760x427.jpg)
February 2008
Military Heritage
Like Apples Fallen In Autumn: The Battle of Shrewsbury
By Al HemingwayBy the middle of July 1403, a series of seemingly inevitable events had led two armies to a field near the small and hitherto unheralded village of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, approximately 150 miles northwest of London. Read more