Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Battle of Pontvallain

Battle of Pontvallain

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 Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 4, 2020 by Wehwalt (talk) 12:27, 16 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A near-contemporary depiction of the battle.

The Battle of Pontvallain, part of the Hundred Years' War, took place in north-west France on 4 December 1370. A French army under Bertrand du Guesclin heavily defeated an English force which had broken away from an army commanded by Sir Robert Knolles. The French numbered 5,200 men, and the English force was approximately the same size. The English had plundered and burnt their way across northern France from Calais to Paris. With winter coming, the English commanders fell out and divided their army. The battle consisted of two separate engagements: one at Pontvallain where, after a forced march which continued overnight, Guesclin surprised a major part of the English force, and wiped it out. In a coordinated attack, Guesclin's deputy, Louis de Sancerre, caught a smaller English force the same day, at the nearby town of Vaas, also wiping it out. The French harried the surviving Englishmen into the following year, recapturing much lost territory. { (Full article...)

Most recent similar article(s): The last battle on the list was on 26 August, which was also a Medieval battle.
Main editors: Serial Number 54129 and Gog the Mild
Promoted: 22 December 2019
Reasons for nomination: 655th anniversary of the battle.
Support as nominator. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:58, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]