 The French and Spanish decisively defeated the English, securing French control of the Channel for the first time since the Battle of Sluys in 1340.The naval battle of La Rochelle was one of the first cases of the use of handguns on warships, which were deployed by the French and Spanish against the English.Having recovered freedom, La Rochelle refused entry to Du Guesclin, until Charles V recognized the privileges of the city in November 1372.