Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Siege of Aiguillon/archive1

Blurb review
Any comments or changes for this suggested TFA blurb? - Dank (push to talk) 15:25, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

The Siege of Aiguillon commenced on 1 April 1346 during the Hundred Years' War, when a French army commanded by John, Duke of Normandy, laid siege to the Gascon town of Aiguillon. The town, with strategic command of the rivers Garonne and Lot, was defended by Anglo-Gascon forces under Ralph, Earl of Stafford. The garrison, some 900 men, sortied repeatedly to interrupt the French operations, while Henry, Earl of Lancaster, concentrated the main Anglo-Gascon force at La Réole as a threat. Duke John, the son and heir of Philip VI, was never able to fully blockade the town. By August, the seriously harassed French supply lines had broken down, there was a dysentery epidemic in their camp, desertion was rife, and Philip was demanding that John's force join up with the main French army. On 20 August the French abandoned the siege and marched away. Six days later Philip's army was decisively beaten by the main English army in the Battle of Crécy, two weeks before John's force arrived in the north.

Adding "two weeks before John's force arrived in the north" is fine, but that puts us at 1053 characters ... what can we pull, if anything, to get it under 1025? - Dank (push to talk) 17:04, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

OK, so "(Full article...)" is included in the count; live and learn. Remove "some 30 miles (48 km) away, ". Unless you have a grasp of ancient warfare, the troops involved and know the terrain the distance on its own communicates little. The point is that Lancaster was close enough to be a threat to the French, with is already stated. I make that exactly 1,025 characters. (Including "(Full article...)") Gog the Mild (talk) 17:18, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Works for me. Done. - Dank (push to talk) 17:37, 12 February 2019 (UTC)