The most serious cavalry reverse of the Middle Ages was at Courtrai in 1302 where a Flemish infantry army of pikemen destroyed a French army of knights, when the charge bogged down in a stream so that they were helpless against the long and heavy pikes. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 126 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1972 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com