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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.As Cathy says above, Harold's men were knackered having literally marched from up North. Harold ignored his advisors requests to let someone else lead the army, but Harold view this as weak and insisted he led the men, rather than staying in London to raise more troops.
Harold's men were on the site of Battle Abbey, a steep hill which provided them with a great advantage over the Normans. 3 lots of Norman cavalry attacked and the lot on the less steep left flank recieved a stern beating from the Saxon shield wall, and retreated.
Stupidly, the Saxon's were too blood crazed to behave sensibly and charged down the hill after them, exposing themselves and leaving the exposed flank open on the easily climbable hill. From there it all fell apart.