Battle of Bauge
March 22, 1421
A Franco-Scottish army caught the Duke of Clarence, Henry V's brother, at dinner in a muddy French village. Clarence charged without waiting for his archers and was killed. It was the first English defeat of the Hundred Years' War in a generation, and proved that longbows without time to deploy won nothing.
In context
Also in 1421 (2 other events on record)
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Before and after in Europe
Before and after in War
- Before: 1420: Hussite Wars Begin
- After: 1423: Battle of La Brossiniere
Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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