What the records say
- When
- Sep 1339 – Oct 1339
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 50.18° N, 3.23° E
- Description
- 1339 battle during the Hundred Years' War
Siege of Cambrai (1339)
Battle during the Hundred Years' War
The siege of Cambrai was undertaken by an English army led by King Edward III of England during September and October 1339 in the early stage of the Hundred Years War. At the time Cambrai, located in the Nord department of the Hauts-de-France region in France, was not part of France but a Free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire.
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