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BATTLE // September 12, 1346

Siege of Calais

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Significance

The Siege of Calais followed the English victory at Crécy and saw Edward III commit an English force of approximately 5,000 against a French garrison and relief force under Jean de Vienne that reached some 20,000. The disparity in recorded forces indicates the scale of French effort to relieve the town within the broader Hundred Years' War. No outcome is recorded in the available data, and no further detail can be established from the supplied facts alone.

Forces & casualties

Troop strength

  • Kingdom of England5,000
    medium
  • Kingdom of France20,000
    medium

Kingdom of France fielded a 4.0 : 1 numerical advantage

Commanders (2)

Kingdom of England

Kingdom of France

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