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The Black Prince's chevauchée was a large-scale mounted raid carried out by an Anglo-Gascon force under the command of Edward, the Black Prince, between 5 October and 2 December 1355 during the Hundred Years' War. John, Count of Armagnac, who commanded the local French forces, avoided battle, and there was little fighting during the campaign. The Anglo-Gascon force of 4,000–6,000 men marched from Bordeaux in English-held Gascony 300 miles (480 km) to Narbonne and back to Gascony, devastating a wide swathe of French territory and sacking many French towns on the way. During the four months following Christmas, more than 50 French-held towns or fortifications were captured. In August 1356 the Black Prince headed north on another chevauchée with 6,000 men; he was intercepted by the main French army, 11,000 strong, at Poitiers, where he decisively defeated them and captured King John II. (Full article...)
Just a suggested blurb ... thoughts and edits are welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 20:19, 19 August 2019 (UTC) Tiny tweak. 02:50, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
Blurb only 65% about the subject of the article.
editThe chevauchée, we are told, finished on 2 December 1355. About 1/3 of the blurb is about two other devauchées, which happened in 1356, but only one of which is the Black Prince's chevauchée of 1356. (And my lifetime tally of usage of the word 'devauchée' has just gone from zero to four) Kevin McE (talk) 23:16, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
- No opinion, apart from the general principle that blurbs generally omit some context, and tend to follow the lead of the article. Suggestions are welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 01:36, 14 November 2019 (UTC)