The Black Arrow Chapter 27 - The Battle of Shoreby - concluded

In which young Sir Richard Shelton stands valiantly amidst the muddy and bloodied market-place, repelling repeated assaults from Lancastrian archers who emerge treacherously from hidden houses, while the weight of command presses heavily upon him. The tide of battle ebbs and flows fiercely until the timely arrival of reinforcements turns the tide, throwing the enemy into disarray and granting Shelton his first notable triumph.