Formigny: France takes back Normandy
1450 · Event
The French army — professional now, and bringing field artillery to battle — destroys England's last field force in Normandy; within four months the duchy Henry V conquered is entirely French again. Gascony follows in three years: the war's last act is a demonstration of the new military age.
On these timelines: The Hundred Years' War, France, England, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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