| Scheldt campaigns (1339-1340) | |||||||
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| Part of theHundred Years' War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Flanders.svg) England | .svg) France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| William, Count of Hainaut | KingPhilip VI | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
TheScheldt campaigns of 1339–1340 were a series of manoeuvres by opposing French andFlemish forces during theHundred Years' War.
Following a series of disagreements betweenPhilip VI of France (r. 1328–1350) andEdward III of England (r. 1327–1377) regarding the status of English-held lands in south-west France, on 24 May 1337 Philip'sGreat Council in Paris declared that they were forfeit. This marked the start of theHundred Years' War, which was to last 116 years.[1][2] Edward attempted to assemble an alliance of nobles and small states to the north and east of France, includingFlanders, which at the time was a province of France. Many of Edward's would-be allies had acknowledged Philip as theirliege lord and were reluctant to renege on this. To overcome this, on 26 January 1340 Edward revived a claim to the French throne and had himself crowned king of France.[3]
The French assembled an army, which based itself in the city ofCambrai, on theScheldt. SeveralFlemish forces, supplemented by some English troops and leaders, manoeuvred against the French city ofTournai, with little success.[4]
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