Lancaster’s chevauchée of 1346
Lancaster’s chevauchée of 1346 was a series of offensives directed by Henry, Earl of Lancaster, in southwestern France during autumn 1346. The year had started with a huge French army under John, Duke of Normandy, son and heir of King Philip VI, besieging the strategically important town of Aiguillon in Gascony. After a five-month siege the French were ordered north...