Battle of Poitiers

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Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in the Hundred Years’ War. Result: English victory; King John captured.

In 1346, English king Edward III chose his oldest son, Edward, the Black Prince, to lead a campaign of plunder and destruction across France from English bases in Aquitaine northeastward to the Loire Valley. By September, this loot-laden force was headed back to Bordeaux, closely pursued by a large French army led by King John II, the Good. On September 18, the English prepared a defensive position seven miles southeast of Poitiers, blocking...

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