29:
72:
where, after a forced march which continued overnight, Guesclin surprised a major part of the
English force, and wiped it out. In a coordinated attack, Guesclin's subordinate,
116:
64:. The French numbered 5,200Â men, and the English force was approximately the same size. The English had plundered and burnt their way across northern France from
137:
68:
to Paris. With winter coming, the
English commanders fell out and divided their army. The battle consisted of two separate engagements: one at
17:
28:
123:
80:, also wiping it out. The French harried the surviving Englishmen into the following year, recapturing much lost territory. (
130:
105:
94:
82:
40:
53:
45:
57:
73:
49:
61:
77:
100:
69:
76:, caught a smaller English force the same day, at the nearby town of
65:
48:, took place in north-west France on 4 December 1370. A
60:
force which had broken away from an army commanded by
8:
33:Near-contemporary depiction of the battle
18:Knowledge:Today's featured article
7:
24:
27:
1:
156:
106:Jack Crawford (cricketer)
95:The Princesse de Broglie
131:More featured articles
41:Battle of Pontvallain
56:heavily defeated an
54:Bertrand du Guesclin
89:Recently featured:
46:Hundred Years' War
74:Louis de Sancerre
147:
31:
155:
154:
150:
149:
148:
146:
145:
144:
143:
111:
110:
83:Full article...
36:
35:
34:
22:
21:
20:
12:
11:
5:
153:
151:
142:
141:
134:
127:
120:
112:
109:
108:
103:
98:
90:
88:
62:Robert Knolles
44:, part of the
32:
26:
25:
23:
15:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
152:
140:
139:
135:
133:
132:
128:
126:
125:
121:
119:
118:
114:
113:
107:
104:
102:
99:
97:
96:
92:
91:
87:
85:
84:
79:
75:
71:
67:
63:
59:
55:
51:
47:
43:
42:
30:
19:
136:
129:
122:
115:
93:
81:
39:
37:
101:Alpine newt
70:Pontvallain
52:army under
124:By email
117:Archive
58:English
66:Calais
50:French
138:About
16:<
78:Vaas
38:The
86:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
