Siege of Arras (1414) 1414
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About the battle
The Siege of Arras (1414) took place between 20 July and 4 September 1414 during the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War, part of the Hundred Years' War. A sizable Armagnac-Royal Army, led by King Charles VI, Dauphin Louis, Charles I, Duke of Orléans, Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, Constable Charles I d'Albret, and many other nobles, besieged the city of Arras, the capital of the County of Artois, which was under Burgundian control. The city was well-defended by a citizens with a large Burgundian garrison under John II of Luxembourg-Ligny and Guillaume de Bonnières. After six weeks of dysentery spread throughout the Armagnac-Royal Army and the resistance of the Burgundians, the siege was lifted on 4 September 1414 with the signing of the peace Treaty of Arras (1414) between the two parties.
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