Siege of Calais (1346–1347)
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The siege of Calais occurred at the conclusion of the Crécy campaign, when an English army under the command of King Edward III of England successfully besieged the French town of Calais during the Ed
A medieval depiction of the siege of Calais
Philip VI of France, as imagined in the 19th century
A medieval town under assault; miniature from a chronicle by Jean Froissart
Edward III of England, a portrait from the 18th century
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.
Henry of Grosmont, Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Derby