On This Day October 25, 732, the battle of Poitiers would have taken place between the troops of Charles Martel and those of Arabs coming from Spain.
On This Day October 25, 732, the battle of Poitiers would have taken place between the troops of Charles Martel and those of Arabs coming from Spain. For a week, maneuvers and skirmishes take place on the borders of Poitou and Touraine. After these skirmishes, the decisive confrontation takes place, over two days. Abd el-Rahman launches his cavalry on the Franks. These, formed in a palisade "like a motionless wall, sword in hand and like a rampart of ice", spears pointed in front of the shields, await the shock. It seems that the image has something correct insofar as it is the solidity of the Frankish lines that impressed the Arab-Berber troops. The scrum begins and the Franks manage to push back their opponents. But they did not have the opportunity to attack a second time because for their part the Vascons, commanded by Eudes, took the enemy from the rear and threw themselves on the Muslim camp. Believing their booty and their families threatened, the Moorish fighters retu