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ThelargepartwhichwarplayedinEnglishaffairsintheMiddle-Ages,thefactthatthecontrolofthearmyandnavywasinthehandsofthosethatspokeFrench,andthecircumstancesthatmuchofEnglishfightingwasdoneinFranceallresultedintheintroductionintoEnglishofanumberofFrenchmilitaryterms.TheartofwarhasundergonesuchchangessincethebattlesofHastings,Lewes,andAgincourtthatmanywordsoncecommonarenowonlyinhistoricaluse.Theirplaceshavebeentakenbylaterborrowings,oftenlikewisefromFrench,manyofthembeingwordsacquiredbytheFrenchinthecourseoftheirwarsinItalyduringthesixteenthcentury.YetwestilluseFrenchwordsoftheMiddleAgeswhenwespeakofthearmyandthenavy,ofpeace,enemy,battle,soldier,guardandspy,andwehavekeptthenamesofofficerssuchascaptainandsergeant.SomeoftheFrenchtermswereintroducedintoEnglishbecausetheywereneededtoexpressanewobjectoranewidea.InothercasesaFrenchandanativeEnglishwordforthesamethingexistedsidebyside.Sometimesoneortheotherhassincebeenlostfromthelanguage;butsometimesboththeborrowedandthenativewordhavebeenstillincommonuse.