Siege of Limoges

Siege of Limoges
Part of the Hundred Years' War
DateSeptember 1370
Location45°50′07″N 1°15′45″E / 45.8353°N 1.2625°E / 45.8353; 1.2625
Result English victory[1]
Belligerents
Kingdom of England Kingdom of France
Commanders and leaders
Edward the Black Prince
John of Gaunt
John, Duke of Berry
Strength
3,200[2] 140[3]
Casualties and losses
60 garrison killed
300 civilians killed
200 captured (undifferentiated)

The town of Limoges had been under English control but in August 1370 it surrendered to the French, opening its gates to the Duke of Berry. The siege of Limoges was laid by the English army led by Edward the Black Prince in the second week in September. On 19 September, the town was taken by storm, followed by much destruction and the deaths of numerous civilians. The sack effectively ended the Limoges enamel industry, which had been famous across Europe, for around a century.

  1. ^ Sumption, Jonathan (2009). Divided Houses. Vol. The Hundred Years War III. London: Faber & Faber. pp. 79–84. ISBN 9780571240128.
  2. ^ Barber, Richard (1978). Edward, Prince of Wales and Aquitaine: a biography of the Black Prince. London: Allen Lane. p. 224. ISBN 0-7139-0861-0.
  3. ^ Sumption (2009), p. 83.