Lancaster's chevauchée of 1346
Lancaster's chevauchée of 1346 was a series of offensives directed by Henry, Earl of Lancaster, in southwestern France during autumn 1346, as a part of the Hundred Years' War.
Lancaster's chevauchée of 1346
A medieval town under assault (15th-century miniature)
Henry of Grosmont, Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Derby
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 the Gascon town of Aiguillon. The town was defended by an Anglo-Gascon army under Ralph, Earl of Stafford.
A medieval town under assault. A miniature from a chronicle by Jean Froissart.
Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford
A derelict section of Aiguillon's walls, pictured in 1855
A contemporary image of John, Duke of Normandy (later King of France)