What the records say
- When
- Nov 1337
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.37° N, 3.40° E
- Description
- 1337 one of the first battles of the Hundred Years' War
Battle of Cadzand
One of the first battles of the Hundred Years' War
The Battle of Cadzand was an early skirmish of the Hundred Years' War fought in 1337. It consisted of a raid on the Flemish island of Cadzand, designed to provoke a reaction and battle from the local garrison and so improve morale in England and amongst King Edward III's continental allies by providing his army with an easy victory.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Cadzand: English troops raid the Flemish island of Cadzand”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die englische Flotte überfällt die flämische Insel Cadzand und besiegt ein Heer der Grafschaft Flandern in der Schlacht von Cadzand”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Английский король Эдуард III посылает вызов французскому королю Филиппу VI («Филиппу Валуа, который называет себя королём Франции»)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Cadzand”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page