Battle of l'Écluse

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The Battle of l'Écluse was a major 1340 naval engagement of the Hundred Years' War in which the English fleet decisively defeated the French, securing control of the English Channel.

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instanceOf battle of the Hundred Years' War ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Sluis ⓘ
Battle of Sluys ⓘ
belligerent County of Flanders ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
casualties heavy French casualties ⓘ
light English casualties ⓘ
combatantStrength approximately 120–150 English ships ⓘ
approximately 190–213 French and allied ships ⓘ
commander Edward III of England ⓘ
Genoese admiral Pietro Barbavera ⓘ
Hugues Quiéret ⓘ
Nicolas Béhuchet ⓘ
Sir Robert Morley ⓘ
Sir Walter Manny ⓘ
conflict Hundred Years' War ⓘ
countryAtTime Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
date 24 June 1340 ⓘ
followedBy English land campaigns in Flanders and northern France ⓘ
hasLanguageContext Old French toponym "l'Écluse" meaning "the sluice" ⓘ
hasPrimarySource chronicles of Jean Froissart ⓘ
hasTopic English Channel control ⓘ
medieval naval warfare ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages ⓘ
location North Sea ⓘ
near Sluis, County of Flanders ⓘ
off the port of Sluis ⓘ
monarchInvolved Edward III of England ⓘ
Philip VI of France ⓘ
notableFeature French fleet lashed together in defensive formation ⓘ
use of cogs as primary warships by the English ⓘ
partOf Hundred Years' War ⓘ
precededBy early naval raids of the Hundred Years' War ⓘ
region Flanders ⓘ
result English victory ⓘ
significance decisive early English naval success ⓘ
one of the first major battles of the Hundred Years' War ⓘ
strategicConsequence crippled the main French battle fleet ⓘ
enabled safer English troop movements to the continent ⓘ
secured English control of the English Channel ⓘ
timePeriod 14th century ⓘ
year 1340 ⓘ

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Battle of Sluys → alsoKnownAs → Battle of l'Écluse ⓘ