The siege of Tournai (23 July - 25 September 1340) occurred during the Edwardian phase of the Hundred Years' War. The siege began when a coalition of...

wooden structure. In 1340, as a part of the Hundred Years' War, Edward III of England gathered a large army and besieged Tournai for a month. The operation...

Guînes Calais Amiens Saint-Omer The siege of Guînes took place from May to July 1352, when a French army under Geoffrey de Charny unsuccessfully attempted...

The Tournaisis campaign of 1340, also known as the Tournai Campaign was a military campaign of King Edward III of England during the Hundred Years War...

by Odo of Tournai and it immediately became an important Benedictine settlement. A fire devastated the abbey in 1340 in the Siege of Tournai during the...

England to raise more money. In July 1340, Edward returned and mounted the siege of Tournai. By September 1340, Edward was in financial distress, hardly...

accompanied Philip VI of Valois in the Siege of Tournai in 1340. He was at the camp of Bouvines near Tournai, when Edward III, King of England, provoked...

concentrate their forces against the main army of the coalition in the siege of Tournai. By 1340, Flanders had reluctantly been under French suzerainty for centuries[citation...

at the hands of some 3000 French men-at-arms. The subsequent siege of the town of Tournai, equally ended in a failure for the Anglo-Flemish besiegers,...

The siege of Calais (4 September 1346 – 3 August 1347) occurred at the conclusion of the Crécy campaign, when an English army under the command of King...

named after the Twelve Apostles, which were deployed at the sieges of Thérouanne and Tournai during his 1513 campaign in France. The Tsar Cannon, built...

chronicles relate the siege of Saint Amand in 1340 and bells war damaged. In 1784-1785, G.L.Barbieux, one of the founders of Tournai, smelted bells down...

marked the start of the Hundred Years' War, which was to last 116 years. In 1340 the English king, Edward III, as the closest male relative of Philip's predecessor...

The siege of Aiguillon, an episode in the Hundred Years' War, began on 1 April 1346 when a French army commanded by John, Duke of Normandy, laid siege to...

Kuromaru (1339) Siege of Tournai (1340) – Part of the Hundred Years' War Siege of Vannes (1342) – Part of the Hundred Years' War Siege of Hennebont (1342)...

appeared before the walls of Tournai. (Although these days it is in Belgium, then it was one of France's largest cities.) The siege dragged out, and in September...

English forces at the Battle of Sluys and Siege of Tournai in 1340, the Battle of Crecy in 1346 and the Siege of Calais from 1346 until 1347. Summoned...

a strategic withdrawal for the Anglo-Flemish forces. 1340 Siege of Tournai (1340) France Tournai was relieved. 1341 Battle of Champtoceaux France 1342...

allegiance to France and prepared to resist a siege. The defence of Cambrai was provided by the governor Étienne de la Baume, grand master of the crossbowmen...

relinquished his post as admiral. But it appears he may have been at the siege of Tournai. After a short term as Warden of the Scottish Marches, he returned...

English of the port of Calais. The war had broken out in 1337 and flared up in 1340 when the king of England, Edward III, laid claim to the French crown and...

warfare in Western Europe during the Middle Ages: from the eighth century to 1340. Warfare in history (2. ed, rev. and enlarged, repr. in paperback ed.). Woodbridge:...

quarrels or lead pellets were used at the 1340 Battle of Sluys, and in the French defence of Tournai in August 1340. Edward III used similar weapons at the...

The Treaty of London (French: Traités de Londres; also known as the Second Treaty of London) was proposed by England, accepted by France, and signed in...

Crécy on 26 August. Subsequently, the English commenced the successful siege of Calais, which had a significant effect on the remainder of the war. Since...

their fortifications, and a siege ensued. The French defence was low in numbers and led by the Abbot of Cluny, Androuin de La Roche. That night, the English...

Rheims. The siege lasted until January and with supplies running low, Edward withdrew to Burgundy. After the English army attempted a futile siege of Paris...

Edward revived his claim and in 1340 formally assumed the title "King of France and the French Royal Arms". On 26 January 1340, Edward III formally received...

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The siege of Breteuil was the investment of the Norman town of Breteuil, held by partisans of Charles II, King of Navarre, by French forces. It lasted...