Battle of Cassel (1328)
The Battle of Cassel (depiction around 1410)
| date | August 23, 1328 |
|---|---|
| place | Cassel |
| output | French victory |
| Parties to the conflict | |
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| Commander | |
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Nicolaas Zannekin † Zeger Janszone Lambrecht Bovyn |
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| Troop strength | |
| unknown | 15,000 men |
| losses | |
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unknown |
3,200 dead |
Chevauchées of the 1340s: Saint-Omer - Auberoche
Edward III. Campaign (1346/47): Caen - Blanchetaque - Crécy - Calais
War of the Breton Succession (1341–1364) : Champtoceaux - Brest - Morlaix - Saint-Pol-de-Léon - La Roche-Derrien - Tournament of Thirty - Mauron - Auray
France's allies : Neville's Cross - Les Espagnols sur Mer - Brignais
Chevauchées of the 1350s: Poitiers
Castilian Civil War & War of the Two Peter (1351–1375): Barcelona - Araviana - Nájera - Montiel
French counter-offensive: La Rochelle - Gravesend
Wars between Portugal and Castile (1369– 1385): Lisbon - Saltés - Lisbon - Aljubarrota
Battle for Northern France: Rouen - Baugé - Meaux - Cravant - La Brossinière - Verneuil
Jeanne d'Arc and the turn of the war: Orléans - Battle of the herring - Jargeau - Meung-sur-Loire - Beaugency - Patay - Compiegne - Gerberoy
The Battle of Cassel was on August 23, 1328 between King Philip VI. carried out by France and the rebellious Flemings under the leadership of Nicolaas Zannekin . The battlefield was near the city of Cassel , 30 kilometers south of Dunkirk in what is now the French department of North . The result of the battle was a decisive victory for the king who brought the county of Flanders under French control.
Campaign and battle
The French tried to weaken the Flemish troops by threatening the cities of Lille and Tournai after advancing along the Leie River and forcing the enemy to defend them.
The French army stopped near Waasten Abbey . The 15,000 strong Flemish army stood about four kilometers away on a hill near Cassel. For three days the decision could not be brought about because the French did not succeed in driving the Flemings from their strategically advantageous position on the hill. On August 23, the French set fire to some villages in the area to lure the enemy down.
When the Flemish did not move, the French withdrew to their camp to find shelter from the great summer heat. Zannekin sought the surprise attack and now attacked the French field camp with two divisions, keeping a third division in reserve. Of the attacking Flemish units, only the one led by Zannekin achieved some success, the attack of the others was stopped and afterwards even attacked in the rear by French soldiers who were returning from their arson. When the French got over the surprise, their counterattack was a complete success. Around 3,200 Flemings fell, including Zannekin.
literature
- Juliaan Van Belle: Another Leeuw van Vlaanderen. Flandria Nostra, Torhout 1985, ISBN 90-6909-011-2 .
- Leo Camerlynck, Edward De Maesschalck: In de sporen van 1302. Kortrijk - Rijsel - Dowaai. Davidsfonds, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-5826-175-1 .
- William H. TeBrake: A Plague of Insurrection. Popular Politics and Peasant Revolt in Flanders, 1323-1328. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia PA 1993, ISBN 0-8122-3241-0 ( Middle Ages Series ).
- Jean Baptist David: Vaderlandsche historie Van Linthout et. Cie, Leuven, 1855
