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Battle of Sandwich

The Battle of Sandwich, also called the Battle of Dover took place on 24 August 1217 as part of the First Barons' War. A Plantagenet English fleet commanded by Hubert de Burgh attacked a Capetian French fleet led by Eustace the Monk and Robert of Courtenay off Sandwich, Kent. The English captured the French flagship and most of the supply vessels, forcing the rest of the French fleet to return to Calais.

Battle of Sandwich
Battle of Sandwich · Matthew Paris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
24 Aug 1217
Where
Dover
Era
Medieval

Topics

United Kingdom43 CE – todayKingdom of England895 CE – 1707

Before and after

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