Battle of Poitiers
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Battle of Poitiers
(September 19, 1356) Catastrophic defeat of the French king John II in the Hundred Years' War between France and England. English troops under Edward the Black Prince were under pursuit from the probably superior French forces. South of Poitiers the English secured themselves in thickets and marshes, where the French knights became bogged down and made easy targets for the English archers. John II was taken prisoner and for his freedom had to consent to the disadvantageous Treaties of Bretigny and Calais.
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Poitiers, battle of, 1356. Edward, the Black Prince's blooding had been at Crécy in 1346. In August 1356 he was before Bourges but threatened by a much larger army under John II of France. The English attempted to retreat but found their way blocked at Poitiers. The Black Prince offered terms, but on 19 September the French attacked. Archers, lying in ditches and behind hedges, broke up the first assaults, and in their last attack the French were taken in the flank. The large number of prisoners included the French king.
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