Battle of Bouvines - Royal Army

Royal Army

The royal army is divided into three battles:

• The right wing, composed of knights of Champagne and Burgundy, was commanded by the Duke of Burgundy Eudes and his lieutenants: III Gaucher de Châtillon Count of Saint-Pol, Count Wilhelm I of Sancerre, Count of Beaumont and Mathieu de Montmorency and Adam II Viscount of Melun.

The right wing was composed of men of arms and militia parish of Burgundy, Champagne and Picardy covered by the mounted sergeants from Soissons.

• The central battle was conducted by Philip Augustus and his chief knights - William des Barres, Bartholomew of Roye, Girard Girard said the Scophe Truie, William of Garland, Enguerrand III de Coucy and Gautier de Nemours.

The center consisted of the infantry of Commons of Île de France and Normandy, in front of the king and his knights.

• The left wing, composed of knights and foot soldiers was led by Robert de Dreux, Count William of Ponthieu.

The left wing consisted of the Breton police, militia of Dreux, Perche, of Ponthieu and Vimeux. The bridge of Bouvines, the only means of retreat through the marshes, was guarded by 150 sergeants at arms of the king who form only to the French troops.