Anglo-French fleet clashes at Sandwich
1217
An English fleet under Hubert de Burgh intercepted a French reinforcement heading for Prince Louis's army in England. The English threw powdered quicklime into the wind to blind their enemies, then boarded. The French retreat sealed the end of the French invasion of England. The engagement was one of the first decisive naval battles in English history, establishing a precedent for Channel defense.
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.