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The Battle of Crécy took place on 26 August 1346 in northern France between a French army commanded by King Philip VI and an English army led by King Edward III. The French attacked the English while they were traversing northern France during the Hundred Years' War , resulting in an English victory and heavy loss of life among the French.
The battle ended with the rout of the Scots, the capture of their king and the death or capture of most of their leadership. [149] Strategically this freed significant English resources for the war against France, and the English border counties were able to guard against the remaining Scottish threat from their own resources.
Genoese crossbowmen during Battle of Crécy. The Genoese crossbowmen (Italian: Balestrieri genovesi) were a famous military corps of the Middle Ages, which acted both in defense of the Republic of Genoa and as a mercenary force for other Italian or European powers.
After a running battle, the English stormed the city and sacked it, taking many prisoners and goods. The French reported heavy losses. 1345, October Battle of Auberoche: England English surprise attack by Earl of Derby against a French army at Auberoche in Gascony. [1] 1346 Battle of St Pol de Léon: England 1346 Battle of Caen: England Caen ...
John the Blind or John of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Jang de Blannen; German: Johann der Blinde; Czech: Jan Lucemburský; 10 August 1296 – 26 August 1346), was the Count of Luxembourg from 1313 and King of Bohemia from 1310 and titular King of Poland. [2]
The Battle of Crécy, as depicted in Jean Froissart's Chronicles The Battle of Crécy was fought on 26 August 1346 in north-east France during the Hundred Years' War . It resulted in a victory for a greatly outnumbered English army led by King Edward III over the French led by King Philip VI and heavy loss of life among the French.
After inflicting a heavy defeat on Philip and a French army at the Battle of Crécy the English besieged Calais, which fell after 11 months. Both countries were financially and militarily exhausted and two cardinals acting for Pope Clement were able to broker a truce in a series of negotiations outside Calais. This was signed on 28 September to ...
The Battle of Crecy 1346. A version of the oriflamme can be seen in the center between two other banners. The Battle of Poitiers 1356. The oriflamme can be seen on the top left.