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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 Crécy campaign was a series of large-scale raids (chevauchées) conducted by the Kingdom of England throughout northern France in 1346 that devastated the French countryside on a wide front, culminating in the Battle of Crécy. The campaign was part of the Hundred Years' War.
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]
Battle of St Pol de Léon: England 1346 Battle of Caen: England Caen was sacked. 1346 Battle of Blanchetaque: England English army successfully forded the river. 1346 Battle of Crécy: England 26 August English longbowmen soundly defeat French cavalry near the river Somme in Picardy.An estimated 4,000 French are killed. 1346 Battle of Neville's ...
On 26 August 1346, fighting on ground of their own choosing, the English inflicted a heavy defeat on a large French army led by their king Philip VI at the Battle of Crécy. A week later the English invested the well-fortified port of Calais, which had a strong garrison under the command of Jean de Vienne. Edward made several unsuccessful ...
John Dawney served in King Edward III's expedition to Honfleur in 1346, [citation needed] and fought at the Battle of Crécy on 26 August 1346, for which he was made a knight banneret. [3] He died shortly after the battle, in 1346/7. [4] Dawney married Sybil Treverbyn, the daughter of Walter de Treverbyn of Treverbyn, Cornwall.
Battle of Crecy, 1346. The French king, Philippe VI, destroyed several bridges to prevent Edward's advance, but the English took the town of Poissy in August and repaired its bridge in order to advance. The French king mounted a defence near the forest at Crécy, which ended in another English victory. Edward then proceeded to Calais, laying ...
[17] [18] [19] Two days later, on 26 August 1346, fighting on ground of their own choosing, the English inflicted a heavy defeat on the French at the Battle of Crécy. [20] The English continued to devastate the land and set several towns on fire, including Wissant, the normal port of disembarkation for English shipping to north-west France. [21]