In the build-up to this action, Thomas de Montacute, Earl of Salisbury, captured a key fort on the Loire River before being killed by a cannonball. The Battle of the Herrings was the result of an offensive launched to end this attack. At the outset, the victorious side was led by John, Comte de Dunois, as the Duke was imprisoned at Agincourt [a-jin-kor]. This came to an end after the last of the i
In the build-up to this action, Thomas de Montacute, Earl of Salisbury, captured a key fort on the Loire River before being killed by a cannonball. The Battle of the Herrings was the result of an offensive launched to end this attack. At the outset, the victorious side was led by John, Comte de Dunois, as the Duke was imprisoned at Agincourt [a-jin-kor]. This came to an end after the last of the invading troops were penned at the Tourelles bridge. Name this siege broken in 1429 by an army led by Joan of Arc, the turning point of the Hundred Years' War.
In the build-up to this action, Thomas de Montacute, Earl of Salisbury, captured a key fort on the Loire River before being killed by a cannonball.
Siege of Orleans