Siege of Harfleur

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The Siege of Harfleur was a 1415 military campaign during the Hundred Years' War in which King Henry V of England captured the French port town of Harfleur before advancing toward Agincourt.

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Siege of Harfleur canonical 5
Battle of Harfleur 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign
siege
aftereffect outbreak of dysentery among English forces
aftermath Harfleur garrisoned by English troops
alsoKnownAs Siege of Harfleu
associatedWith Henry V's 1415 invasion of France
belligerent Kingdom of England
Kingdom of France
campaignCommander Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter
surface form: Thomas Beaufort, Earl of Dorset

Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence
surface form: Thomas, Duke of Clarence
casualties heavy English losses from disease
cause Henry V's claim to the French crown
combatant English Army
surface form: English army

French garrison
commander Henry V of England
Jean d'Estouteville
Raoul de Gaucourt
conflictOf Hundred Years' War
endDate 1415-09-22
followedBy Battle of Agincourt
English march toward Calais
garrisonSurrenderedOn 1415-09-22
historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages
locatedIn France
Harfleur
Normandy
notableConsequence weakening of English army before Agincourt
notableFeature extensive use of early gunpowder artillery by the English
prolonged bombardment of town walls
objective capture of a major Norman port
secure a base for operations in Normandy
partOf Battle of Agincourt
surface form: Henry V's 1415 campaign in France

Hundred Years' War
surface form: Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War
precededBy Henry V's landing at Chef-de-Caux
relatedWork depicted in William Shakespeare's play Henry V
result English victory
capture of Harfleur by England
startDate 1415-08-18
strategicImportance control of access to the Seine estuary
threat to Rouen and Paris via the Seine
termsOfSurrender French allowed to march out under safe conduct
town placed under English control
used bombardment
mining operations
siege artillery
year 1415

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Henry V (1989 film) portraysHistoricalEvent Siege of Harfleur
Henry V of England battle Siege of Harfleur
this entity surface form: Battle of Harfleur
Battle of Agincourt precededBy Siege of Harfleur
Henry V (play) dramatises Siege of Harfleur
King Henry V notableBattle Siege of Harfleur
subject surface form: Henry V of England