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The Battle of Hastings was fought on October 14 1066. ...
On September 27 William crossed to England by sea unopposed, with an army of 4000 to 7000 cavalry and infantry, landed at Pevensey in Sussex and started moving eastward along the coast to Hastings. Harold learnt of William’s landing on October 2 and had to march south from Yorkshire, where he had just defeated and slain his rebellious brother, Tostig, Earl of Northumbria, in the battle of Stanford Bridge. Harold was approaching Hastings by October 13 with an army of infantry of about 7000, many of whom were half-armed peasants because of the shortage of soldiers from the battle with Tostig.
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