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Mar 27, 2017 · Battle of Poitiers, (Sept. 19, 1356), the catastrophic defeat sustained by the French king John II at the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years’ War between France and England. Many of the French nobility were killed, and King Jean was left a prisoner of the English.
More than 4,500 men-at-arms killed or captured. Either 1,500 or 3,800 common infantry killed or captured. The Battle of Poitiers was fought on 19 September 1356 between a French army commanded by King John II and an Anglo - Gascon force under Edward, the Black Prince, during the Hundred Years' War.
- 19 September 1356
- English victory
Feb 27, 2020 · The Battle of Poitiers on 19 September 1356 CE was the second great battle of the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453 CE) after Crécy (1346 CE) and, once again, it was the English who won.
- Mark Cartwright
Battle of Poitiers on 19th September 1356 in the Hundred Years: battle map by John Fawkes. Account of the Battle of Poitiers: Edward III, King of England, began the Hundred Years War, claiming the throne of France on the death of King Philip IV in 1337.
Year 8. The dramatic Battle of Poitiers: Where the Black Prince captured the King of France. © History Skills. The Battle of Poitiers was one of the most pivotal confrontations in the Hundred Years' War, a protracted struggle between England and France that spanned over a century.
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By William E. Welsh. The Black Death that ravaged England and France for a half-dozen years in the mid-14th century served merely as a brief intermission between the first and second acts of the painfully protracted struggle known as the Hundred Years’ War.
The French attack began in the early morning of Monday 19th September 1356 with a mounted charge by a forlorn hope of 300 German knights commanded by two Marshals of France; Barons Clermont and Audrehem. The force reached a gallop, closing in to charge down the road into the centre of the English position.
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