Battle of Sluys Product:Canvas 'Thorolf slays Earl Hring at

'Thorolf slays Earl Hring at Brunanburgh'

with several groups of people in the foreground taking a walk

Allan Sherman

' At his feet is the inscription 'SOCIETATIS PRAESES'

Musical director Burt Rhodes can be seen writing out the orchestra parts

Battle of Sluys Product:Canvas 'Thorolf slays Earl Hring atBattle of Sluys, 1340. Declaring war on Philip VI of France, Edward III of England (1312 1377) began what would become the Hundred Years War with a naval victory at the Battle of Sluys. The battle saw the destruction of the French fleet, eliminating the threat of a French invasion of England and ensuring that the war would be fought on French soil.