ORDER OF BATTLE // August 17, 1424
Battle of Verneuil
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
2 sides catalogued · combined 22,000–25,000 estimated
Kingdom of France
14,000–16,000
Medium-confidence figure
Kingdom of England
8,000–9,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Verneuil, fought near Verneuil-sur-Avre in Normandy on 17 August 1424, was a significant English victory in the Hundred Years' War. Facing a combined Franco-Scottish force augmented by Milanese heavy cavalry and numerically superior — between 14,000 and 16,000 against 8,000 to 9,000 — the English under the Duke of Bedford and the Earl of Salisbury inflicted approximately 6,000 casualties on their opponents while sustaining around 1,600 of their own. The scale of the disparity in losses against a larger force led the English to characterize the battle as a second Agincourt, placing it within the tradition of their most celebrated victories of the war. The presence of the Earls of Douglas and Buchan among the Franco-Scottish commanders, and their defeat here, represented a serious blow to the Franco-Scottish alliance that had brought Scottish forces onto French soil as a counterweight to English military power in Normandy.
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