Siege of Cherbourg (1450)

Siege of Cherbourg
	Part of the Hundred Years' War
Date	6 July – 12 August 1450
Location	Cherbourg, Normandy
Result	French victory. Cherbourg surrenders
Belligerents
Kingdom of England	Kingdom of France
Commanders and leaders
Thomas Gower	Arthur de Richemont Jean Bureau Prigent de Coëtivy †

The Siege of Cherbourg took place in 1450 during the Hundred Years War when French forces laid siege to Cherbourg in the English-controlled Duchy of Normandy following their decisive victory at the Battle of Formigny. With the fall of Cherbourg, English control of Normandy was removed.

References

Nicolle, David. The Fall of English France 1449–53. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012. ISBN 1849086176

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