List of Hundred Years' War battles

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This is a list of battles in the Hundred Years' War, a conflict between France and England that lasted 116 years from 1337 to 1453.

• 1337 Battle of Cadsand initiates hostilities. The Flemish defenders of the island were thrown into disorder by the first use of the English longbow on Continental soil
• 1340 Battle of Sluys June 24 Edward III destroys the Franco-Genoese fleet of Philip VI of France off the coast of Flanders ensuring England will not be invaded and that the majority of the war will be fought in France.
• 1345 Battle of Auberoche, a longbow victory by Henry, Earl of Derby against a French army at Auberoche in Gascony
• 1346 Battle of Crécy August 26 English longbowmen soundly defeat French cavalry at Abbeville
• 1346-1347 Siege of Calais
• 1350 Les Espagnols sur Mer English fleet defeats Castilian fleet in a close fight.
• 1351 Combat of the Thirty Thirty French Knights from Chateau Josselin under Beaumanoir call out and defeat thirty English Knights under Pembroke and Brambaugh
• French army under De Nesle defeated by English under Bentley at Mauron in Brittany, De Nesle killed
• 1356 Battle of Poitiers Edward the Black Prince captures King John II of France, France plunges into chaos
• 1364 September 29 - Battle of Auray, end of Breton War of Succession French defeat, Du Gueschlin captured
• 1367 Battle of Nájera (Navarette) Black Prince defeats a Castilian/French army at Nájera in Spain
• 1372 Battle of La Rochelle Castilian-French fleet defeats the English fleet, leading to loss of dominance at sea and French piracy and coastal raids
• 1415 Battle of Agincourt October 25 English longbowmen under Henry V defeat French under Charles d'Albert
• 1416 English defeat numerically greater French army at Valmont near Harfleur
• 1417 Naval victory in the River Seine under Bedford
• 1418 Siege of Rouen July 31 ? January 19, 1419 Henry V of England gains a foothold in Normandy.
• 1419 Battle of La Rochelle (1419) Castilian fleet defeats Anglo-Hanseatic fleet
• 1421, 22 March Battle of Bauge The French and Scottish forces of Charles VII commanded by the Earl of Buchan defeat an outmanoeuvred English force commanded by the Duke of Clarence.
• 1423, 31 July Battle of Cravant. The French and Scottish army is defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.
• 1424, 17 August Battle of Vernuil. The Scots forces are decisively defeated
• 1426 March 6 French besieging army under Richemont dispersed by a small force under Sir Thomas Rempstone in "The Rout of St James" in Brittany
• 1429, 12 February Battle of the Herrings. English force under Sir John Fastolf defeats French and Scottish armies.
• 1428, 12 October - 8 May 1429 Siege of Orléans English forces commanded by the Earl of Salisbury, the Earl of Suffolk, and Talbot (Earl of Shrewsbury) lay siege to Orleans, and are forced to withdraw after a relief army accompanied by Joan of Arc arrives at the city.
• 1429, 17 July Battle of Patay In a reverse of Agincourt/Crécy, a French army under La Hire, Richemont, Joan of Arc, and other commanders break through English archers under Lord Talbot and then pursue and mop up the other sections of the English army, killing or capturing about half (2,200) of their troops. The Earl of Shrewsbury (Talbot) and Hungerford are captured.
• 1435 Battle of Gerbevoy La Hire defeats an English force under Arundel
• 1439 Following a surprise attack, John Talbot disperses a French army of 6000 under the Constable Richemont at Avranches in Normandy.
• 1440 John Talbot takes Harfleur
• 1450 Battle of Formigny A French force under the Comte de Clermont defeats an English force under Thomas Kyriell
• 1453 Battle of Castillon Jean Bureau defeats Talbot to end the Hundred Years' War. This was also the first battle in European history where the use of cannon was a major factor in determining the victor.

Hundred Years' War
Battles • Sieges • Chevauchées French and English kings • Peace treaties • People Armagnacs and Burgundians • Jacquerie Breton War of Succession • Castilian Civil War