Battle of Jargeau
Part of the Hundred Years' War
Statue of Joan of Arc at Place des Pyramides, Paris.
Date: 11-12 June 1429
Place: Jargeau, France
Outcome: French victory
Combatants
France	England
Commanders
Joan of Arc, Duke John II of Alençon	William de la Pole
Strength
1,200	700
Casualties
?	300-400
Hundred Years' War Sluys – Crécy – Calais – Poitiers – Auray – Agincourt – Rouen – Bauge – Cravant – Verneuil – Orléans – Patay – Compiègne – Gerbevoy – Formigny – Castillon

The Battle of Jargeau took place on June 11 - 12, 1429. It was Joan of Arc's first offensive battle. Shortly after relieving the siege at Orléans, French forces recaptured the neighboring district along the Loire river. This campaign was the first sustained French offensive in a generation in the Hundred Years' War. A map of Europe in the 1430s, at the height of the Hundred Years War The Hundred Years War is the name modern historians have given to what was actually a series of related conflicts, fought over a 116-year period, between the Kingdom of England and France; beginning in... Image File history File links Joan of Arc on horseback. ... Joan of Arc, c. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... (Redirected from 11 June) June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 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Background

Jargeau was a small town on the northern bank of the Loire river in central France, about ten miles west of Orléans. It controlled a bridge of strategic significance during the latter part of the war. Conquered by the English a few years earlier as a staging point for a planned invasion of southern France, the French attack recaptured the bridge and the town, providing a vital supply conduit for the summer offensive in the north and the coronation of King Charles VII of France. Jargeau is a commune of the Loiret département, in France. ... Loire is a département in the east-central part of France occupying the Loire Rivers upper reaches. ... Charles VII the Victorious, a. ...

The French Loire campaign of 1429 consisted of five actions:

1. The Siege of Orléans.

2. The Battle of Jargeau.

3. The Battle of Meung-sur-Loire.

4. The Battle of Beaugency.

5. The Battle of Patay.

Virtually all of France north of the Loire had fallen to foreign occupation by the end of 1428. The bridge at Orléans had been destroyed shortly before the siege lifted. The French had lost control of all other river crossings. Three swift and numerically small battles at Jargeau, Meung-sur-Loire, and Beaugency demonstrated renewed French confidence and laid the groundwork for subsequent French offenses on Rheims and Paris. The Loire campaign killed, captured, or disgraced a majority of the top tier of English commanders and decimated the numbers of the highly skilled English longbowmen. The Siege of Orl ans was the first French victory of Joan of Arc during the Hundred Years War and turning point of great war between France and England. ... Combatants France England Commanders Joan of Arc, John II of Alençon John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury The Battle of Beaugency took place on 16 - 17 June, 1429. ... The Battle of Patay was a battle in the Hundred Years War between the French and English in 1429 in north-central France. ... Reims (English traditionally Rheims) is a city of north-eastern France, 98 miles east-northeast of Paris. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The English longbow, also called the Welsh longbow, was a powerful type of longbow (a tall bow for archery) about 2. ...

Tactics

Joan of Arc and Duke John II of Alençon controlled a force that included captains Jean d'Orléans, Gilles de Rais, Poton de Xaintrailles, and la Hire. The earl of Suffolk William de la Pole led the English defense. John II of Alençon (March 2, 1409, Château dArgentan – 1476,Paris) was the son of John I of Alençon and Marie of Brittany. ... Comte Jean de Dunois (Jean dOrléans) (November 23, 1402 - November 24, 1468) was the bastard of Louis dOrléans (Duc dOrléans 1372-1407) and Mariette dEnghien. ... Gilles de Rais Gilles de Rais (also spelled Retz) (autumn of 1404 – October 26, 1440) was a French aristocrat, soldier, and at one time, a national hero. ... Poton de Xaintrailles (1390-1461) was one of the chief lieutenants of Joan of Arc. ... La Hire (c. ... William de la Pole is the name of several prominent Engishmen in the 14th century, all from the same family. ...

The battle began with a French assault on the suburbs. English defenders left the city walls and the French fell back. Joan of Arc used her standard to begin a French rally. The English retreated to the city walls and the French lodged in the suburbs for the night.

The following morning Joan of Arc called upon the defenders to surrender. They refused. The French followed with heavy artillery bombardment using primitive cannons and siege engines. One of the town's towers fell. Suffolk entered surrender nominations with a minor French captain, la Hire. This breach of protocol antagonized the French command.

Joan of Arc initiated an assault on the town walls, surviving a stone projectile that split in two against helmet as she climbed a scaling ladder. The English suffered heavy losses. Most estimates place the number at 300-400 of some 700 combatants. Suffolk became a prisoner. The French had some 1200 troops and their losses appear to have been light.

Bibliography

• Devries, Kelly. Joan of Arc: A Military Leader (Glaucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 1999). ISBN 0750918055
• Richey, Stephen W. Joan of Arc: The Warrior Saint. (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003). ISBN 0275981037
• Allmand, C. The Hundred Years War: England and France at War c. 1300 – 1450. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988). ISBN 0521319234

See also

• Jargeau
• Medieval warfare

Jargeau is a commune of the Loiret département, in France. ... Medieval warfare is the warfare of the European Middle Ages. ...

External links

• dynamic maps of Joan of Arc's campaigns from Southern Methodist University
• Jeanne d'Arc: Her Life and Death by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
• A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot, vol. 3