Join the Archers, they said... travel the world, they said...

Apesar do seu reduzido número - c. 200-300 - os arqueiros ingleses presentes em Aljubarrota desempenharam um papel decisivo: quebraram o ímpeto da carga de cavalaria pesada Francesa que deu início à batalha, anulando-o; e castigaram o subsequente avanço da infantaria Castelhana ( na qual se incluiam Portugueses leais ao Rei de Castela) com uma pesada chuva de flechas, causando elevadas baixas.

            

                                             "Setting up the defense is a dirty job....

                                     but somebody´s got to do it....

   

                                                 .... maybe I´ll just stay here in the back, looking busy...

                                 ... cheer up, lads, I´m a 100% behind you!"

                                    
In spite of their small numbers - c. 200-300 - the English archers at Aljubarrota played a decisive role:  they broke the momentum of the French heavy cavalry charge, nullifying it; and punished the following advance of the Castillian Infantry (which included Portuguese, loyal to the King of Castille) with a heavy rain of arrows, causing a tremendous number of casualties.