By the 1420s, many important French towns were under English control, including Caen, Falaise, Cherbourg and Rouen. This decreased the need for the chevauchée as the focus to the conquest of France. After Henry's death, the situation for the English worsened. Sir John Fastolf, an experienced English commander, proposed in a 1435 memorandum a return to aggressive chevauchée tactics. His recommendations were not, however, taken up. Popular culture A table-top miniature wargame called Chevauchée, designed to simulate the action associated with this term, was published at one point by the game development company Skirmisher Publishing LLC. See also Early thermal weapons: Fire and Sword Hit-and-run tactics Horses in the Middle Ages Scorched earth Sherman's March to the Sea References Further reading External links Hundred Years' War Warfare of the Middle Ages British war crimes