Siege of Creil
49°15′30″N 2°29′00″E / 49.2583°N 2.4833°E / 49.2583; 2.4833Result French victory Belligerents France England Commanders and leaders Charles VII of France
Jean Bureau William Peyto Casualties and losses Garrison surrendered
Jean Bureau
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Hundred Years' War
- Edwardian phase
- Second War of Scottish Independence
- War of the Breton Succession
- Castilian Civil War
- War of the Two Peters
- Caroline phase
- Despenser's Crusade
- 1383–1385 Crisis
- Glyndŵr rebellion
- Armagnac–Burgundian conflict
- Lancastrian phase
The siege of Creil (8–25 May 1441) took place during the Hundred Years War. French forces led by King Charles VII of France besieged and captured the English-held town and castle north of Paris.
Prelude
For the campaign of 1441, King Charles VII of France assembled a large army led by himself in person and accompanied by a powerful train of heavy artillery led by Jean Bureau.[1]
Siege
The town and castle of Creil was besieged on 8 May.[1] In two weeks the French artillery breached the walls.[1] The garrison, led in person by its commander Sir William Peyto, sallied out on 24 May but were beaten. They surrendered the place the next day and went off to Normandy.[1]
Citations
- ^ a b c d Barker 2010, p. 287.
References
- Barker, Juliet R. V. (2010). Conquest : the English kingdom of France in the Hundred Years War. London: Abacus. ISBN 978-0-349-12202-1.