Battle of Ardres

Part of Hundred Years' War

Date	1351
Location	Ardres, France
Result	French Victory

Belligerents

English forces

French forces

Commanders and leaders

John of Beauchamp

Lord of Beaujeu †

Strength

unknown

Casualties and losses

~700 killed or captured

much lighter, notably lord of Beaujeu

Hundred Years' War Edwardian phase (1337–60)

Cadsand Arnemuiden English Channel Sluys Saint-Omer Tournai Bergerac Auberoche Caen Blanchetaque Crécy Calais Neville's Cross Calais Lunalonge Les Espagnols sur Mer (Winchelsea) Saintes Ardres Poitiers Jacquerie Black Monday

Hundred Years' War

Edwardian phase War of the Breton Succession Castilian Civil War War of the Two Peters Caroline phase Despenser's Crusade 1383–85 Crisis Lancastrian phase Armagnac–Burgundian conflict

The Battle of Ardres was fought in 1351 between French and English forces. The French were victorious.

John of Beauchamp had been conducting a raid near Ardres, attacking the neighbourhood of Saint-Omer. However, the French, led by the Lord of Beaujeu, discovered them as they withdrew, and moved to surround them. Beaujeu made all of his men dismount before they attacked, because in the previous Battle of Lunalonge in 1349, the French had lost under similar conditions when they kept many of their men mounted, which had divided their forces too quickly.

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