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Baugé, Battle of

Years: 1421 - 1421

The Battle of Baugé, fought between the English and a Franco-Scots army on March 22, 1421 at Baugé, France, east of Angers, is a major defeat for the English in the Hundred Years' War.

The English army is led by the king's brother Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, while the Franco-Scots are led by both John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan, and Gilbert de Lafayette, the Constable of France.

English strength is four thousand men, although only fifteen hundred deploy, against five thousand Scots.

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