Gascon campaign of 1345
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The Gascon campaign of 1345 was conducted by Henry, Earl of Derby, as part of the Hundred Years' War. The whirlwind campaign took place between August and November 1345 in Gascony, an English-controll
A battle between French and English armies, as imagined by a contemporary chronicler
Henry of Lancaster, Earl of Derby
Miniature from Froissart's Chronicle illustrating his fanciful account of a messenger from Auberoche being fired back into the castle by a trebuchet.
A contemporary portrait of the Duke of Normandy (later King of France)
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