Battle of Crotoy (1347) explained

Conflict:Battle of Crotoy
Partof:Hundred Years' War (1337–1360)
Date:25 June 1347
Place:English Channel, mouth of the Somme river off the Le Crotoy
Coordinates:
Point:on
Area Km2:50
Marker:monument
Result:English victory
Combatant1:Kingdom of France
Combatant2:Kingdom of England
Commander2:William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke
Strength1:Unknown
Strength2:Unknown
Casualties1:Unknown
Casualties2:Unknown

The Battle of Crotoy was a naval battle which occurred on 25 June 1347 at the mouth of the Somme off the Le Crotoy, when a French fleet of 40 ships gathered in attempted to relieve Calais, where an English army under the command of King Edward III of England was besieging the French town during the Edwardian phase of the Hundred Years' War.

An English fleet commanded by William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton and Laurence Hastings, Earl of Pembroke defeated the French fleet.

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