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Crécy campaign

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/26 August 2021 by Gog the Mild (talk) 22:05, 4 July 2021 (UTC)



The Crécy campaign was an expedition by an English army from the north of Normandy to the County of Boulogne, devastating the French countryside on a wide front, followed by the successful siege of Calais. It began on 12 July 1346 during the the Hundred Years' War. Led by King Edward III, the English stormed and sacked Caen, slaughtering the population. They then devastated the country to the suburbs of Rouen before cutting a swath along the left bank of the Seine to Poissy, 20 miles from Paris. Turning north, the English became trapped in territory which the French had denuded of food. They escaped by fighting their way across the Somme against a French blocking force. Two days later, on ground of their choosing, the English inflicted a heavy defeat on the French at the Battle of Crécy on 26 August, before moving on to besiege Calais. After an eleven-month siege, which stretched both countries' financial and military resources to the limit, the town fell.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Battle of Caen (1346) is scheduled to run on 26 July. And there is a request in to run Battle of Blenheim on 13 August.
 * Main editors: Gog the Mild
 * Promoted: 30 June 2019
 * Reasons for nomination: This is the lead article of a Featured Topic. All constituent articles of the topic are FAs. 26 August is the 675th anniversary of the main event of the campaign, the Battle of Crécy, which was a TFA last August.
 * Support as nominator. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:34, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Support Aoba47 (talk) 18:59, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Support. Caen and Crecy follow the chronology and chronology should not "kill" a nomination. Blenheim was fought in a different war in an other century. Borsoka (talk) 07:34, 24 June 2021 (UTC)