Battle of Caen (1346)
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The Battle of Caen was an assault conducted on 26 July 1346 by forces from the Kingdom of England, led by King Edward III, on the French-held town of Caen and Normandy as a part of the Hundred Years'
The storming of Caen, depicted in a manuscript of Froissart's Chronicles
Edward III
Battle of Calais
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The Battle of Calais took place in 1350 when an English force defeated an unsuspecting French army which was attempting to take the city. Despite a truce being in effect the French commander Geoffrey
Geoffrey de Charny (left) and King Edward III of England (right)
The battle of Calais, from Froissart's Chronicles
Geoffrey de Charny, wounded and a prisoner of Edward III, after his attempt to take control of Calais (miniature from a manuscript of Fleurs des chroniques, late 14th century)
The keep at Guînes in 2007