Battle of Sluys

Name: Battle of Sluys
Start: 1340-01-01
End: 1340-12-31
Location: Flandern

1340 • Flandern

*Sujet:Schluecht vu Sluis

Author: Jean FroissartLicense:PD

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Battle of Sluyslabel QS:Len,"Battle of Sluys"label QS:Lfr,"Bataille de l'Écluse (1340)"

Author: Loyset LiédetLicense:PD

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This coin is listed in the Standard Catalogue of British Coins under the ID 1488.

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The English victory in the Battle of Sluys ensures that the Hundred Years' War will take place in the lands of France.

Author: James William Edmund Doyle / Edmund EvansLicense:PD

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Bataille de l'Écluse (1340).

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Bataille de l'Écluse (1340) - BnF Français 87 f.22v

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Bataille de l'Écluse. Besançon. Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 864 f. 059.

Author: Giac MasterLicense:PD

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Battle of Sluys

Author: Jean FroissartLicense:PD

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Author: Jean FroissartLicense:PD

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Author: Jean FroissartLicense:PD

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Bataille de l'Écluse (1340)

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Battle of Sluys 24th June 1340: map by John Fawkes

Author: John FawkesLicense:CC-BY-SA-4.0

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Historical Overview

The Battle of Sluys, also called the Battle of l'Écluse, was a naval battle fought on 24 June 1340 between England and France. It took place in the roadstead of the port of Sluys, on a since silted-up inlet between Zeeland and West Flanders. The English fleet of 120–150 ships was led by Edward III of England and the 230-strong French fleet by the Breton knight Hugues Quiéret, Admiral of France, and Nicolas Béhuchet, Constable of France. The battle was one of the opening engagements of the Hundred Years' War.