Siege of Dieppe

Part of the Hundred Years' War
| Date| 2 November 1442 – 14 August 1443 (1442-11-02 – 1443-08-14) (9 months, 1 week and 5 days)

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Location|

Dieppe, Normandy, France

49°55′N 1°05′E﻿ / ﻿49.92°N 1.08°E﻿ / 49.92; 1.08
Result|  French victory
Belligerents
France|  England
Commanders and leaders
Dauphin Louis
Charles Desmarets
Antoine de Chabannes|  John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury
William Peyto (POW)
Strength
Garrison: Hundreds of men-at-arms[1]
Relief army: 1,600 men|  600 men
200 artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
100 killed
Hundreds wounded|  300 killed
14 executed
Artillery pieces captured

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The siege of Dieppe (2 November 1442 – 14 August 1443) took place during the Hundred Years War. English forces led by John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury besieged and failed to capture the French-held port of Dieppe in Normandy.

## Prelude[edit]

The English commander John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury marched out with a core troop of 600 men from his headquarters in Jumièges, Normandy at the end of October 1442 to besiege the French-held port of Dieppe.[2] The French garrison of the castle of Charlemesnil surrendered to Talbot's army.[2]

## Siege[edit]

Talbot built a wooden fort on the heights of Le Pollet east of Dieppe and installed a garrison of 500 men under Sir William Peyto along with 200 artillery pieces of various make and began to bombard Dieppe's fortifications and houses with them.[3]

On 12 August 1443 a French relief army of 1,600 men under the dauphin Louis arrived at Dieppe, which was garrisoned by several hundred men-at-arms led by Charles Desmarets.[1] Two more French armies had reinforced the town previously.[1] At 8 am on 14 August, the French attacked the English fort to the sound of trumpets.[4] The French had five or six wooden bridges on wheels and cranes that hoisted the bridges into position over the English walls.[5] The attacking French troops were repulsed by English missile and arrow fire and lost 100 killed and hundreds wounded.[5]

The citizens of Dieppe reinforced the French army with between 60 and 80 large crossbows and the dauphin ordered the attack renewed.[5] The English were defeated, with 300 killed and 14 French-speaking survivors hanged as traitors on the dauphin's orders.[5] Sir William Peyto, Sir John Ripley and Henry Talbot were captured, among others.[5] The fort was dismantled on the dauphin's orders and the artillery carried off to Dieppe's arsenal.[5]

## Citations[edit]

1. ^ a b c Barker 2010, p. 313.
2. ^ a b Barker 2010, p. 301.
3. ^ Barker 2010, pp. 301–302.
4. ^ Barker 2010, pp. 313–314.
5. ^ a b c d e f Barker 2010, p. 314.

## References[edit]

* Barker, Juliet R. V. (2010). Conquest : the English kingdom of France in the Hundred Years War. London: Abacus. ISBN 978-0-349-12202-1.

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