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,[1] 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.
Battle of Crotoy | |||||||
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Part of Hundred Years' War (1337–1360) | |||||||
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Kingdom of France | Kingdom of England | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke | |||||||
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Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
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Unknown | Unknown |
An English fleet commanded by William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton and Laurence Hastings, Earl of Pembroke defeated the French fleet.[1]
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edit- Tout, T.F. (1969). The History of England From the Accession of Henry III to the Death of Edward III. (1216–1377). New York: Haskell House Publishers.