Battle of Ardres explained

Conflict:Battle of Ardres
Partof:Hundred Years' War
Date:6 June 1351
Place:Ardres, Pas-de-Calais, France
Coordinates:50.8556°N 1.9783°W
Result:French Victory
Combatant1:Kingdom of France
Combatant2:Kingdom of England
Commander1:Lord of Beaujeu
Commander2:Baron Beauchamp
Strength1:Unknown
Strength2:600 men
Casualties1:Unknown, but much lighter
Casualties2:600 killed or captured

The Battle of Ardres was fought on 6 June 1351 between French and English forces near the town of Ardres, Pas de Calais during the Hundred Years War. The French won.

Prelude

The new English commander of Calais John de Beauchamp had been leading a raid around the region surrounding Saint-Omer with a force of some 300 men-at-arms and 300 mounted archers, when he was discovered by a French force led by Édouard I de Beaujeu, Lord of Beaujeu, the French commander on the march of Calais, near Ardres. The French moved to surround the English, trapping them upon a bend on the river. Beaujeu made all of his men dismount before they attacked, after lessons were learned from the 1349 Battle of Lunalonge under similar conditions when they kept too many of their men mounted, dividing their forces too quickly, which caused the French to lose the battle.

The battle

In the fighting, Édouard I de Beaujeu was killed, but with the help of reinforcements from the garrison of Saint-Omer, the French defeated the English. John Beauchamp was one of many English captured.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Timeline of the Hundred Years War 1351-55. 27 March 2017. 19 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110419191424/http://maisonstclaire.org/timeline/1351.html. live.