Siege of Caen (1450) 1450
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About the battle
The siege of Caen took place in 1450 during the Hundred Years' War, as part of the Normandy campaign of 1449–1450, when French forces laid siege to Caen in the English-occupied Normandy following their decisive victory at the Battle of Formigny.
After Formigny, the remnants of the English Army under Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset withdrew to Caen, pursued by the much larger French army commanded by Arthur de Richemont, Constable of France. After three weeks of siege Somerset surrendered. English control of Normandy rapidly collapsed, ending with the loss of Cherbourg in August.
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