Charles V resumes the Hundred Years' War

1369

Citing repeated breaches of Bretigny by the Black Prince's harsh Aquitanian taxes, the French king formally appealed Edward III's vassalage and reopened hostilities. Du Guesclin, now Constable of France, was instructed to avoid pitched battles and recover ground town by town, castle by castle. The patient Fabian strategy worked, and within five years most of Aquitaine had returned to French control.