The Battle of Patay, fought on 18 June 1429 during the Hundred Years' War, was the culmination of the Loire Campaign between the French and English in north-central France. In this engagement, the horsemen of the French vanguard inflicted heavy casualties on an English army; most of them sustained by the longbowmen as the English cavalry fled.

The Battle of Patay (18 June 1429) was the culminating engagement of the Loire Campaign of the Hundred Years' War between the French and English in north-central France. It was a decisive...

Lord John Talbot: Battle of Patay on 18th June 1429 in the Hundred Years War. Commanders at the Battle of Patay: The Comte d’Alençon and Dunois, half-brother of the Duke of Orléans, known as ‘the Bastard of Orléans’ led the French army. Joan of Arc was forced to remain in the rear with the Constable of France, Comte Arthur de Richemont.

The Battle of Patay took place the day after the English surrender at Beaugency. In this battle, the English attempted to use the same tactics it had in the victorious battles of Crécy in 1346, Poitiers in 1356, and Agincourt in 1415.

The Battle of Patay on June 18th, 1429 saw the French pursue and engage the retreating English army under John Fastolf near the village of Patay. The remnants of the English army were fleeing north after the Maid of Orleans recaptured the last English strongholds on the Loire.

On October 25th, a sick and starving English army confronts a larger, heavily-armored French force on a grassy slope near an obscure French village named Agincourt. Before the sun sets, humble English longbowmen wipe out the cream of French knighthood in a David and Goliath contest that turns centuries of military dogma on its ear.

Jan 7, 2025 · In this episode of Bow and Blade, Kelly and Michael examine this battle from the Hundred Years’ War and how big a factor the Maid of Orleans was in this French victory. Kelly DeVries is a Professor at Loyola University in Maryland and Honorary Historical Consultant at the Royal Armouries, and currently teaching at the United States Air Force ...

Aug 29, 2024 · "Patay, battle of" published on by Oxford University Press. 1429.After Joan of Arc had relieved Orléans, the English fell back to bridgeheads on the Loire at Meung, Jargeau, and Beaugency. The first two were soon lost, and in attempting to relieve the third, the troops of ...

Oct 3, 2024 · The Battle of Patay took place in the eponymous commune, not far from Orléans, on June 18, 1429. It was a confrontation between the kingdoms of France and England during the later years of the Hundred Years’ War that began in 1337.