Siege of Tournai (1340)

Siege of Tournai
Part of the Hundred Years' War
A relief map of modern day Belgium, with the location of the siege marked.
Miniature of the siege from The Chronicle of St. Albans by Thomas Walsingham . 1460
Date23 July – 25 September 1340
Location
Tournai, France
50°36′20″N 03°23′17″E / 50.60556°N 3.38806°E / 50.60556; 3.38806
Result French victory
Truce of Espléchin
Belligerents
Kingdom of France Kingdom of England
County of Flanders
Duchy of Brabant
County of Hainaut
Holy Roman Empire[1]
Commanders and leaders
King Philip VI
Enguerrand VI de Coucy[2]
Raoul I of Brienne, Count of Eu
Gaston II, Count of Foix		 King Edward III
Jacob van Artevelde
John III
William II
John Chandos[3]
Strength
5,800
• 2/3 men-at-arms
• 1/3 foot soldiers		 ~23,000 men[4]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown
Tournai is located in Belgium
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Location of Tournai in modern day Belgium

The siege of Tournai (23 July - 25 September 1340) occurred during the Edwardian phase of the Hundred Years' War. The siege began when a coalition of England, Flanders, Hainaut, Brabant and the Holy Roman Empire under the command of King Edward III of England besieged the French city of Tournai. This siege would end in the Truce of Espléchin, marking the end of the Tournaisis campaign of 1340.

  1. ^ Different Vistas (2008). The Hundred Years War (Part II). Brill Publishers. p. 15. ISBN 9789047442837.
  2. ^ Tuchman, Barbara (1978). A Distant Mirror. Knopf. p. 48. ISBN 9780241972977.
  3. ^ Tuchman, Barbara (1978). A Distant Mirror. Knopf. p. 48. ISBN 9780241972977.
  4. ^ Keen, Maurice (26 August 1999). Medieval Warfare: A History. OUP Oxford. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-19-164738-3. Retrieved 11 January 2021.