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Blanchetaque Abbeville Amiens Crécy
Calais Poissy Paris The
Battle of
Blanchetaque was
fought on 24
August 1346
between an
English army
under King Edward...
- 50°07′48″N 1°43′34″E / 50.13°N 1.726°E / 50.13; 1.726
Blanchetaque (French pronunciation: [blɑ̃ʃtak]) is a
former ford
crossing of the
River Somme,...
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campaign 1345–1347
Gascony Bergerac Auberoche Aiguillon Crécy
campaign Caen
Blanchetaque Crécy
Calais (1346–1347) Lancaster's chevauchée (1346) 1349–1352 Lunalonge...
- that had been ruined. He
forced a p****age of the
Somme at the ford of
Blanchetaque. The army led by
Philip VI of
France caught up with him at
nearby Crécy-en-Ponthieu...
- retreat, the army had to
fight its way
across the
Somme at the ford of
Blanchetaque against a
French army led by Hugh de Châtillon, who was
captured and...
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Edward III of England's army,
which forded the
river at the
Battle of
Blanchetaque during the campaign,
which culminated in the
Battle of Crécy. Crossing...
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Edward distinguished himself at the
taking of Caen and in the
Battle of
Blanchetaque with the
force under Sir
Godemar I du Fay,
which endeavoured to prevent...
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until he
reached the
river Somme. The army
crossed at a
tidal ford at
Blanchetaque,
stranding Philip's army. Edward, ****isted by this head start, continued...
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campaign 1345–1347
Gascony Bergerac Auberoche Aiguillon Crécy
campaign Caen
Blanchetaque Crécy
Calais (1346–1347) Lancaster's chevauchée (1346) 1349–1352 Lunalonge...
- Abbeville.
During the
night the
English marched on a
tidal ford
named Blanchetaque. The far bank was
defended by a
force of 3,500 French.
English longbowmen...
