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Events. January–December. February 12 – Battle of Rouvray (or "of the Herrings"): English forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy, which is carrying rations (food) to the army of William de la Pole, 4th Earl of Suffolk at Orléans, from attack by the Comte de Clermont and John Stewart. [1]
7 May – The Tourelles, the last English siege fortification at Orléans, falls. Joan of Arc becomes the hero of the battle by returning, wounded, to lead the final charge. 8 May – The English army abandons the siege of Orléans.
- Background
- The Battle
- Consequences
- Bibliography
After the English abandoned the Siege of Orléans on 8 May 1429, the survivors withdrew to garrisons along the Loire. A month later, having gathered men and supplies for the forthcoming campaign, the French army, under the command of the Duke of Alençon, set out to capture these positions and the bridges they controlled. On June 12 they stormed Jarg...
In this battle, the English attempted to employ the same methods used in the victories at Crécy in 1346 and Agincourt in 1415, deploying an army composed predominantly of longbowmen behind a barrier of sharpened stakesdriven into the ground to obstruct any attack by cavalry. Learning of the French approach, Talbot sent a force of archers to ambush ...
The virtual destruction of the English field army in central France and the loss of many of their principal veteran commanders (another, the Earl of Suffolk, had been captured in the fall of Jargeau, while the Earl of Salisbury had been killed at the siege of Orléans in November 1428), had devastating consequences for the English position in France...
Allmand, Christopher (1988). The Hundred Years War: England and France at War c. 1300–1450. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521319234.Barker, Juliet (2009). Conquest: The English Kingdom of France (PDF). London: Little, Brown. ISBN 978-1408700839. Archived from the original (PDF)on 2018-06-12.Cooper, Stephen (2010). The Real Falstaff, Sir John Fastolf and the Hundred Years War. Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 978-1848841239.Devries, Kelly (1999). Joan of Arc: A Military Leader. Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0750918055.- 18 June 1429
- French victory [1]
1429 DR. The Abolethic Sovereignty attacks Akanûl and destroys the city of Brassune before the genasi could mount a proper defense to repel the aboleths from their country. [1]
After lifting the siege of Orleans in 1429, Joan of Arc and her experienced captains moved to mop up English resistance in the Loire Valley. Sir John Fastolf and his Burgundian allies at Patay were the main targets of their advance.
This category is about media related to the year 1429 (Gregorian calendar). For the number, see Category:1429 (number).
1429 ( MCDXXIX ) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1429th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 429th year of the 2nd millennium, the 29th year of the 15th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1420s decade.
