Battle of Tours

Kevin: Hey there Hammer!

Charles: Hello Kevin.

Kevin: Can I ask you some things for my history assignment?

Charles: If you must.

Kevin: That battle, in 732, what happened then?

Charles: Oh, that one. Oh was that a great battle. So nice. What I did in the beginning was I positioned my army in a defensive way in an empty field. The Muslims weren’t expecting an army to be waiting for them, so they were caught off guard when they found out we were there.

Kevin: Niceeee, then what?

Charles: Well, we mini fought for several days.

Kevin: Mini fought?

Charles: Yes, it wasn’t a full on battle, but it wasn’t like “eh! *throws stick*”.

Kevin: Oh, I understand now.

Charles: Yes. Then when our European winter started to move in, the Muslims made the first move. They couldn’t handle being there in our cold. They needed to get this started and over with. But, I put my troops on a hill, with clumps of trees surrounding them. They were hidden quite well if I do say so myself.

Kevin: Nice! Smart tactics there, I’ll remember that next time in paintball!

Charles: Paint-ball?

Kevin: Oh…nevermind.

Charles: Okay, well that made it difficult for the Muslims to break through the defenses. They couldn’t tell where to go or where we were. And at some point during the battle, rumors spread. They were saying that the Frankish forces were attacking and raiding the Muslim’s villages and freeing their slaves. Hah, gullible. I don’t know who started the rumor, but Im glad they did. We weren’t doing that.

Kevin: Luckyyy.

Charles: Several left to go and protect their homes and families. Trying to stop the retreat, Abd-ar-Rahman was killed. Some brave man got him. When I find out who, I will be forever grateful to him. Some point during the night, we both retired from battle, and we went back to a defensive position. We found out later in the night that the Muslims had retreated!

Kevin: Easy battle!

Charles: It really was. I got the name, Charles “The Hammer” Martel, kept Western Europe Christian, anddddd Secured the Christian religion in western Europe.

Kevin: That’s pretty nice! Good job! That’s all I need! Thank you, bye Charles!

Charles: No problem, goodbye Kevin.