Siege of Tournai

Name: Siege of Tournai
Start: 1340-07-31
End: 1340-10-03

31 Jul 1340 – 3 Oct 1340 · 50.60° N, 3.38° E

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When: 31 Jul 1340 – 3 Oct 1340
Kind: Siege
Coordinates: 50.60° N, 3.38° E
Description: 1340 siege during the Hundred Years' War

Siege of Tournai (1340)

Siege during the Hundred Years' War

The siege of Tournai occurred during the Edwardian phase of the Hundred Years' War. The siege began when a coalition of England, Flanders, Hainaut, Brabant and the Holy Roman Empire under the command of King Edward III of England besieged the French city of Tournai. This siege would end in the Truce of Espléchin, marking the end of the Tournaisis campaign of 1340.

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Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Осада Турне английскими войсками короля Эдуарда III верного французам города Турне во Фландрии”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page

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Hundred Years' War1 Jun 1337 · War

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Siege of Tournai (1340)

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