Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Prologue
- Part II The Chevauchée in the Languedoc, October to December 1355
- 2 Advance to Contact – Bordeaux to Arouille, 5 to 11 October 1355
- 3 Armagnac – Arouille to Mirande, 12 to 22 October 1355
- 4 Toulouse – Mirande to Montgiscard, 23 to 29 October 1355
- 5 Carcassonne – Montgiscard to Canet, 29 October to 7 November 1355
- 6 Turning for Home – Canet to Pennautier, 8 to 14 November 1355
- 7 Recrossing the Garonne – Pennautier to Carbonne, 15 to 18 November 1355
- 8 Home for Christmas – Carbonne to La Réole, 19 November to 2 December 1355
- Part III Interlude
- Part IV The Poitiers Chevauchée, August to October 1356
- Part V Epilogue
- Appendix 1 Summary Itinerary for Prince's Division, 1355
- Appendix 2 Summary Itinerary for Prince's Division, 1356
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Warfare in History
7 - Recrossing the Garonne – Pennautier to Carbonne, 15 to 18 November 1355
from Part II - The Chevauchée in the Languedoc, October to December 1355
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 September 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Prologue
- Part II The Chevauchée in the Languedoc, October to December 1355
- 2 Advance to Contact – Bordeaux to Arouille, 5 to 11 October 1355
- 3 Armagnac – Arouille to Mirande, 12 to 22 October 1355
- 4 Toulouse – Mirande to Montgiscard, 23 to 29 October 1355
- 5 Carcassonne – Montgiscard to Canet, 29 October to 7 November 1355
- 6 Turning for Home – Canet to Pennautier, 8 to 14 November 1355
- 7 Recrossing the Garonne – Pennautier to Carbonne, 15 to 18 November 1355
- 8 Home for Christmas – Carbonne to La Réole, 19 November to 2 December 1355
- Part III Interlude
- Part IV The Poitiers Chevauchée, August to October 1356
- Part V Epilogue
- Appendix 1 Summary Itinerary for Prince's Division, 1355
- Appendix 2 Summary Itinerary for Prince's Division, 1356
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Warfare in History
Summary
… done all those things which a man can and ought to do in a just war, as taking Frenchmen and putting them to ransom, living on the country and despoiling it, and leading the company under his command about the realm of France and burning and firing places in it.
A fourteenth-century English mercenary captainOn the night of Sunday 15 November the prince was due to lodge with the brothers at the Dominican abbey of Prouille, and on their way from Pennautier, according to Baker, the prince's division entered ‘fair, open country’. They probably followed the Via Aquitania before turning south-west towards Montréal and then west to Prouille, a journey of sixteen miles.
As the prince was readying himself for the journey to Prouille, the other divisions were preparing to continue with the usual routine of destruction. Considerable havoc was wreaked that day with Villar-St-Anselme, Limoux, Routier, Montréal, Fanjeaux, Lasserre-de-Prouille and perhaps Villasavary all falling victim to the marauding army. The rearguard carried out a left hook from St-Hilaire by way of Villar-St-Anselme, Limoux and Routier before halting in the region of Prouille and Fanjeaux, a march of twenty-five miles. The vanguard would have taken a more northerly route and had a slightly easier day of it with about twenty miles to cover from Pezens through Montréal to Fanjeaux, taking in Villasavary and Lasserre-de-Prouille as they went.
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- In the Steps of the Black PrinceThe Road to Poitiers, 1355–1356, pp. 83 - 97Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2011