Chapter XVIII

THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS:--Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, blesses the
Norman army--Arrangement of the Norman army--William in
1066--Superstitious fears of the Normans--William's address to
his soldiers--Taillefer, the Norman minstrel--The attack--The
Norman first division is repulsed--They renew the
charge--Obstinate resistance of the Saxons--William's
strategy--Its success--Harold and Leofwine are slain--Gurth's
courageous resistance--Gurth is slain--Rout of the
Saxons--William pitches his camp for the night