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Invasion of Picardy

England · Warfare / Hundred Years War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1340

Edward III1340

Picardy · Warfare / Hundred Years War

Edward led his army on a destructive chevauchee through Picardy, destroying hundreds of villages all the while shadowed by the French. Battle was given by neither side and Edward withdrew, bringing the campaign to an abrupt end

Names involved

Edward III

Provenance

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