Battle of Cravant

Battle of Cravant
Part of the Hundred Years' War
Date31 July 1423
Location
Result Anglo-Burgundian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of England
Burgundian State
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of Scotland
Commanders and leaders
Earl of Salisbury
Robert Willoughby
John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (POW)
Louis, Count of Vendôme (POW)
Strength
4,000
• 2,000 English
• 2,000 Burgundians
8,000
• 4,000 French
• 4,000 Scots
Casualties and losses
Unknown 3,200–5,000
1,200–3,000 killed
2,000 captured

The Battle of Cravant was fought on 31 July 1423, during the Hundred Years' War between English and French forces at the village of Cravant in Burgundy, at a bridge and ford on the banks of the river Yonne, a left-bank tributary of the Seine, southeast of Auxerre. The battle ended in a victory for the English and their Burgundian allies.


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