““According to Le Baker, French crossbows at Poitiers did inflict considerable damage: Chronicon, 151. For a cautionary note regarding the disparity between longbows and crossbows, see R. Mitchell, ‘The Longbow–Crossbow Shootout at Crécy (1346): Has the “Rate of Fire Commonplace” been Overrated?’, The Hundred Years War, II: Different Vistas, ed. L. J. A. Villalon and D. J. Kagay (Leiden, 2008), 233–57.””