Editing Joan of Arc (section)

===Loire Campaign===
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| battles       = '''[[Hundred Years' War]]'''
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| mark-title2 = [[Vaucouleurs]]- Site of Joan's three meetings with [[Robert de Baudricourt]] to request being sent to [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s Court: May and January 1428, February 1429.
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| mark-title3 = [[Nancy, France]]- Joan meets Charles II, Duke of Lorraine: early winter 1429
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| mark-title5 = [[Poitiers]]- Joan examined by theologians of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s court during March–April 1429
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| mark-title6 = [[Tours]]- Joan's virginity attested; Joan receives her armor, banner and sword: early April 1429.
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| mark-title7 = [[Blois]]- Joan joins the army to relieve the siege of Orléans: 24 April 1429.
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| mark-title8 = [[Siege of Orléans]]: 29 April 1429- 8 May 1429
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| mark-title9 = [[Battle of Jargeau]]: on 11 June 1429
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| mark-title10 = [[Battle of Meung-sur-Loire]]: on 15–16 June 1429
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| mark-title11 = [[Battle of Beaugency (1429)|Battle of Beaugency]]: on 16 June 1429
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| mark-title12 = [[Battle of Patay]]: 18 June 1429
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| mark-title13 = Joan and Charles arrive at [[March to Reims|Reims]]: 16 July 1429
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| mark-title14 = [[Siege of Paris (1429)|Siege of Paris]]: 3–8 September 1429
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| mark-title15 = [[Siege of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier]]: October–November 1429
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| mark-title16 = [[Siege of La Charité]]: 24 November–25 December 1429
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| mark-title17 = [[Melun]]- Liberated by Joan's forces: April 1430.
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| mark-title18 = [[Lagny-sur-Marne|Lagny]]- Site of battle against Franquet D'Arras: April 1430.
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| mark-title19 = [[Siege of Compiègne]]: 14–23 May 1493
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| mark-title20 = [[Margny-lès-Compiègne|Margny]]- Site of Joan's capture by Burgundians: 23 May 1430.
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| mark-title21 = [[Beaulieu-les-Fontaines]]- Joan is imprisoned in the castle keep and attempts to escape: May–June 1430.
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| mark-title22 = [[Beaurevoir]]- Joan imprisoned here after her first escape attempt; Jumps from tower in another escape attempt: June–November 1430.
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After the success at Orléans, Joan insisted that the Armagnac forces should advance promptly toward Reims to crown the Dauphin.{{sfnm|1a1=Harrison|1y=2014|1pp=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclifetra0000harr/page/169 169–170]|2a1=Pernoud|2a2=Clin|2y=1986|2p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarcherstor00pern/page/56 157]|3a1=Richey|3y=2003|3p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarcwarrior0000rich/page/66 66]}} Charles allowed her to accompany the army under the command of [[John II, Duke of Alençon]],{{sfnm|Lucie-Smith|1976|1p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarc0000luci/page/128 128]|Richey|2003|2p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarcwarrior0000rich/page/66 66]}} who collaboratively worked with Joan and regularly heeded her advice.{{sfnm|DeVries|1999|1p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/102 102]|Gies|1981|2p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclegendr0000gies/page/90 90]}} Before advancing toward Reims, the Armagnacs needed to recapture the bridge towns along the Loire: [[Jargeau]], [[Meung-sur-Loire]], and [[Beaugency]]. This would clear the way for Charles and his entourage, who would have to cross the Loire near Orléans to get from Chinon to Reims.{{sfnm|Castor|2015|1p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarchistory0000cast_n6r7/page/114 114]|Lucie-Smith|1976|2pp=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarc0000luci/page/127 127–128]|Lowell|1896|3p=[https://archive.org/details/JoanOfArc1896/page/n132 116]}}

The [[Loire Campaign (1429)|campaign to clear the Loire towns]] began on 11 June when the Armagnac forces led by Alençon and Joan arrived at Jargeau{{sfnm|DeVries|1999|1p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/101 101]|Barker|2009|2p=[https://archive.org/details/conquestenglishk0000bark/page/120 120]}} and forced the English to withdraw inside the town's walls. Joan sent a message to the English to surrender; they refused{{sfnm|Burne|1956|1p=[https://archive.org/details/agincourtwarmili0000burn/page/250 250]|DeVries|1999|2p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/104 104]|Lucie-Smith|1976|3p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarc0000luci/page/131 131]}} and she advocated for a direct assault on the walls the next day.{{sfnm|Burne|1956|1p=[https://archive.org/details/agincourtwarmili0000burn/page/250 250]|Castor|2015|2p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarchistory0000cast_n6r7/page/115 115]|DeVries|1999|3p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/105 105]}} By the end of the day, the town was taken. The Armagnac took few prisoners and many of the English who surrendered were killed.{{sfnm|Barker|2009|1pp=[https://archive.org/details/conquestenglishk0000bark/page/120 120–121]|DeVries|1999|2p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/104 104]|Lucie-Smith|1976|3p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarc0000luci/page/132 132]}} During this campaign, Joan continued to serve in the thick of battle. She began scaling a siege ladder with her banner in hand but before she could climb the wall, she was struck by a stone which split her helmet.{{sfnm|Gies|1981|1p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclegendr0000gies/page/93 93]|Lowell|1896|2p=[https://archive.org/details/JoanOfArc1896/page/n141 126]}}

Alençon and Joan's army advanced on [[Battle of Meung-sur-Loire|Meung-sur-Loire]]. On 15 June, they took control of the town's bridge, and the English garrison withdrew to a castle on the Loire's north bank.{{sfn|Burne|1956|p=[https://archive.org/details/agincourtwarmili0000burn/page/252 252]}} Most of the army continued on the south bank of the Loire to [[Battle of Beaugency (1429)|besiege the castle at Beaugency]].{{sfnm|Barker|2009|1p=[https://archive.org/details/conquestenglishk0000bark/page/121 121]|Burne|1956|2p=[https://archive.org/details/agincourtwarmili0000burn/page/252 252]|Gies|1981|3pp=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclegendr0000gies/page/94 94–91]}}

Meanwhile, the English army from Paris under the command of Sir [[John Fastolf]] had linked up with the garrison in Meung and traveled along the north bank of the Loire to relieve Beaugency.{{sfnm|Barker|2009|1p=[https://archive.org/details/conquestenglishk0000bark/page/122 122]|Burne|1956|2pp=[https://archive.org/details/agincourtwarmili0000burn/page/253 253–254]}} Unaware of this, the English garrison at Beaugency surrendered on 18 June.{{sfn|Barker|2009|p=[https://archive.org/details/conquestenglishk0000bark/page/122 122]}} The main English army retreated toward Paris; Joan urged the Armagnacs to pursue them, and the two armies clashed at the [[Battle of Patay]] later that day. The English had prepared their forces to ambush an Armagnac attack with hidden [[English longbow|archers]],{{sfn|DeVries|1999|p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/118 118]}} but the Armagnac vanguard detected and scattered them. A rout ensued that decimated the English army. Fastolf escaped with a small band of soldiers, but many of the English leaders were captured.{{sfn|Gies|1981|p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclegendr0000gies/page/98 98]}} Joan arrived at the battlefield too late to participate in the decisive action,{{sfnm|DeVries|1999|1p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/120 120]|Gies|1981|2p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclegendr0000gies/page/98 98]}} but her encouragement to pursue the English had made the victory possible.{{sfnm|Burne|1956|1p=[https://archive.org/details/agincourtwarmili0000burn/page/256 256]|Gies|1981|2p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclegendr0000gies/page/100 100]|Harrison|2014|3pp=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclifetra0000harr/page/176 176–177]|Richey|2003|4p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarcwarrior0000rich/page/75 75]}}