Tournaisis campaign of 1340

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Military campaign of 1340 during the Hundred Years' War

Tournaisis campaign of 1340
Tournai Campaign

Part of the Hundred Years' War

Location	Northern France & Flanders
Result	French victory

Belligerents

Commanders and leaders

King Edward III

King Philip VI

v t e Hundred Years' War Edwardian phase (1337–1360)
1337–1340 Cadzand Arnemuiden English Channel Thiérache campaign Cambrai Scheldt campaigns Sluys Tournaisis campaign Saint-Omer Tournai 1345–1347 Gascony Bergerac Auberoche Aiguillon Crécy campaign Caen Blanchetaque Crécy Calais (1346–1347) Lancaster's chevauchée (1346) 1349–1352 Lunalonge Calais (1350) Winchelsea Saint-Jean-d'Angély Saintes Ardres Guînes 1355–1356 Black Prince's chevauchée (1355) Edward III's chevauchée (1355) Normandy chevauchée (1356) Breteuil Loire campaign (1356) Black Prince's chevauchée (1356) Poitiers 1358–1360 Jacquerie Reims campaign Chartres Treaties and truces Espléchin Malestroit Calais Guînes First London Second London Brétigny

Hundred Years' War
Edwardian phase
(1337–1360)

1337–1340

1345–1347

1349–1352

1355–1356

1358–1360

Treaties and truces

v t e Hundred Years' War
Edwardian phase Second War of Scottish Independence War of the Breton Succession Castilian Civil War War of the Two Peters Caroline phase Despenser's Crusade 1383–1385 Crisis Glyndŵr rebellion Armagnac–Burgundian conflict Lancastrian phase

The Tournaisis campaign of 1340, also known as the Tournai Campaign was a military campaign of King Edward III of England during the Hundred Years War. The English army was supported by Flemish, Hainault, Brabant and Holy Roman Empire forces. The campaign resulted in the defeat of an Anglo-Flemish force, carrying out a small scale chevauchée in the County of Artois, at the Battle of Saint-Omer, an unsuccessful siege of Tournai and ended with meeting of the English and French armies at Bouvines without battle. The campaign ended with the Truce of Espléchin and the withdrawal of the English led forces. The English army was led by King Edward III, and the French by King Philip VI of France.

Aftermath

The truce was broken in 1341, when conflict erupted between English and French forces over the succession to the Duchy of Brittany. Edward III, backed John de Montfort, and Philip VI, backed Charles of Blois.

References

Sumption, J. (1990). The Hundred Years War: Trial by Battle. Vol. 1. Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-13895-1.
Clifford, Rogers (1998). "An Unknown News Bulletin from the Siege of Tournai in 1340". War in History. 5 (3): 233–242. JSTOR 26007300.

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