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    it was merged into the new commune Formigny La Bataille. 15 April 1450: Battle of Formigny. The battle of Formigny took place here and the French victory...
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    The Battle of Formigny, fought on 15 April 1450, was a major battle of the Hundred Years' War between England and France. A decisive French victory that...
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    northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Formigny La Bataille. Aignerville is located in the Regional Natural Park of Marshes...
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    northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Formigny La Bataille. Communes of the Calvados department Téléchargement du fichier...
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    northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Formigny La Bataille. Communes of the Calvados department Téléchargement du fichier...
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    Formigny La Bataille (French pronunciation: [fɔʁmiɲi la bataj]) is a commune in the department of Calvados, northwestern France. The municipality was established...
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    towns of Rouen, Harfleur, and Honfleur, and aided in the French victory at Formigny. Bureau commanded the victorious French army at the decisive Battle of...
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    defeat of the English. He was commander of the French army at the Battle of Formigny on 15 April 1450, the next-to-the-last battle of the Hundred Years' War...
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    concluded the siege, favoring the Valois dynasty. Notably, Patay (1429), Formigny (1450), and Castillon (1453) proved decisive in ending the war. England...
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    in Cherbourg. Carentan is close to the sites of the medieval Battle of Formigny of the Hundred Years' War. The town is also likely the site of the historical...
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    English-controlled Normandy following their decisive victory at the Battle of Formigny. After Formigny, the remnants of the English Army under Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke...
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    On 15 April 1450, the English suffered a major reversal in France at Formigny, which paved the way for the French reconquest of Normandy. That same year...
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  • use cannon to break the formations of English archers at the Battle of Formigny (1450) and the Battle of Castillon (1453). Their use continued in the Wars...
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    Coëtivy, one of the victors, along with Jean de Clermont, of the Battle of Formigny, on 18 April 1450 (3,500 dead on the English side, 500 on the French side)...
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    strategic use of gunpowder weapons. England was defeated at the Battle of Formigny in 1450 and finally at the Battle of Castillon in 1453, retaining only...
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  • Württemberg defeats the imperial free city of Schwäbisch Gmünd. 1450 Battle of Formigny 15 April – decisive French victory over English during the Hundred Years'...
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    Sorel. His paternal grandfather was Pierre de Brézé, noted for valour at Formigny, a grand steward of Normandy. In 1523, Louis uncovered a plot against King...
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  • 1450: An English attempt to relieve Caen is defeated at the Battle of Formigny. The French take Cherbourg. 1451: Bordeaux and Bayonne fall to French forces...
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    during the deciding stages of the war (including the battles of Patay, Formigny and Castillon and the Treaty of Arras). Brittany importantly lost the Mad...
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    in the day, her main battery rained shells on the enemy-held towns of Formigny and Trévières to break up German troop concentrations. That evening, she...
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    Fontaine-Henry Fontaine-le-Pin Fontenay-le-Marmion Fontenay-le-Pesnel Formentin Formigny La Bataille Foulognes Fourches Fourneaux-le-Val Le Fournet Fourneville...
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    under Arthur de Richemont, defeated the English army at the Battle of Formigny, with the remnants of Vere’s force retreating to Caen. He was killed in...
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    respectively). The two remaining companies of the 916th formed a reserve at Formigny, three kilometers (1.9 miles) inland. East of Colleville, 'Coast Defense...
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    suffering 30 percent casualties in the first hour of the assault, and secured Formigny and Caumont in the beachhead by the end of the day. The division followed...
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    English-controlled Normandy following their decisive victory at the Battle of Formigny. Nicolle, David. The Fall of English France 1449–53. Bloomsbury Publishing...
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    northern France were lost, with Normandy having fallen after the Battle of Formigny and Siege of Caen. By 1453 all the English possessions in the south of...
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    Fontaine-Henry Fontaine-le-Pin Fontenay-le-Marmion Fontenay-le-Pesnel Formentin Formigny La Bataille Foulognes Fourches Fourneaux-le-Val Le Fournet Fourneville...
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    until Henry V of England captured the city in 1417. After the Battle of Formigny, Charles VII of France recaptured the city and granted a general amnesty...
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    Fontaine-Henry Fontaine-le-Pin Fontenay-le-Marmion Fontenay-le-Pesnel Formentin Formigny La Bataille Foulognes Fourches Fourneaux-le-Val Le Fournet Fourneville...
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    defeated the Plantagenets once at Patay (1429) and again, using cannons, at Formigny (1450). The Battle of Castillon (1453) was the last engagement of this...
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