ORDER OF BATTLE // September 12, 1346
Siege of Calais
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
2 sides catalogued · combined 25,000 estimated
Kingdom of England
5,000
Medium-confidence figure
Kingdom of France
20,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
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.
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