Siege of Tournai (1340)
| Siege of Tournai | |||||||
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| Part of the Hundred Years' War | |||||||
Miniature of the siege from The Chronicle of St. Albans by Thomas Walsingham . 1460 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Kingdom of France |
Kingdom of England County of Flanders Duchy of Brabant County of Hainaut Holy Roman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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King Philip VI Enguerrand VI de Coucy Raoul I of Brienne, Count of Eu Gaston II, Count of Foix |
King Edward III Jacob van Artevelde John III William II John Chandos | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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5,800 • 2/3 men-at-arms • 1/3 foot soldiers | ~23,000 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Location of Tournai in modern day Belgium | |||||||
The siege of Tournai (23 July - 25 September 1340) occurred during the Edwardian phase of the Hundred Years' War. The siege began when a coalition of England, Flanders, Hainaut, Brabant and the Holy Roman Empire under the command of King Edward III of England besieged the French city of Tournai. This siege would end in the Truce of Espléchin, marking the end of the Tournaisis campaign of 1340.