Fog swallowed Barnet so thick Warwick's men shot arrows at each other in the dar

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Battle of Barnet: Edward IV Kills the Earl of Warwick, Takes Back England

Fog swallowed Barnet so thick Warwick's men shot arrows at each other in the dark. They fought brothers against brothers until the Earl fell, his body dragged through mud while Edward IV rode home to a throne he'd almost lost forever. That morning's confusion didn't just kill a powerful noble; it shattered Lancastrian hope and left England bleeding for one more bloody year. The real tragedy wasn't who won, but that two families killed each other over a crown that kept changing hands like a bad coin.

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