CASUALTY RECORD // July 1, 1372
Battle of La Rochelle
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
1 sides catalogued · combined 8,000 estimated
England
8,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of La Rochelle was a naval engagement fought on 22 and 23 June 1372 during the Hundred Years' War, pitting a Castilian fleet under Admiral Ambrosio Boccanegra against an English fleet commanded by John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. The battle arose in the context of a French siege of La Rochelle, with the Castilian fleet dispatched to strike the English forces operating in support of that effort. English casualties reached 8,000, indicating a severe defeat for the English fleet. The outcome demonstrated the strategic weight of the Castilian alliance with France, which allowed the Franco-Castilian coalition to project naval force against English positions along the Atlantic coast during this phase of the Hundred Years' War.
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