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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Battle of Saint-Omer (category 1340 in France)
    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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)...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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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    Scotland, who died in the battle, for Henry to use as a banner at the siege of Tournai. Catherine's religious dedication increased as she became older, as...
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  • Truce of Espléchin (category 1340 in England)
    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,...
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    Bulletin from the Siege of Tournai in 1340". War in History. 5 (3): 358–366. JSTOR 26007300. Rogers, Clifford J. (2004). Bachrach, Bernard S.; DeVries, Kelly...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    and Henry VIII (1509–1547), who also distinguished himself at the Siege of Tournai in 1513, and became the King's Treasurer. His descendants acted as...
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    the Seneschal of Gascony, John de Cheverston and Arnaud-Amanieu, was intercepted by a French detachment of the siege army. Although the English were...
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    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...
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    Thiérache campaign (1339) Battle of Sluys (1340) The Siege of Tournai (1340) The Breton war of succession (1340-1364) The Earl of Derby's campaign in Gascony...
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    disorder. Meanwhile, Edward III had with his own army laid siege to the city of Tournai. The siege dragged out and in September Philip VI marched to confront...
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    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...
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    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...
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    campaign took place during the Hundred Years' War. It occurred after the French de facto government rejected the terms of the Treaty of London and consequently...
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    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...
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    Battle of Blanchetaque (category Military history of Hauts-de-France)
    Battle of Crécy with heavy loss of life. Edward ended the campaign by laying siege to Calais, which fell after twelve months, securing an English entrepôt...
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