During this battle, William Gladsdale, also called Glacidas, led a surprise attack on a bridge, but he allegedly died when the iron bars of a window lacerated his face, after a small child fired a cannon at them. The fighting at this battle was initiated by Thomas de Montacute, the Earl of Salisbury, who also died from a ca
During this battle, William Gladsdale, also called Glacidas, led a surprise attack on a bridge, but he allegedly died when the iron bars of a window lacerated his face, after a small child fired a cannon at them. The fighting at this battle was initiated by Thomas de Montacute, the Earl of Salisbury, who also died from a cannon wound while storming the Tournelles and was replaced by William de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk. John Fastolfe laid a trap during a part of this clash called the Battle of the Herrings, where the Count de Clermont tried and failed to capture a cache of salted fish. His army was led by the bastard son of a duke whose death prompted the Armagnac-Burgundian Civil War. A council at Chinon approved the involvement of another commander, who entered the central locale by taking a ship down the Loire River, before rallying the people and storming English forts around that city. For 10 points, name this turning point of the Hundred Years' War, a siege that was relieved by Joan of Arc.