1342, Vannes.
Camp of the besiegers…Feasting, bawdy songs and rest. Camp des assiégeants…Ripaille, chansons paillardes et repos. |
Soudain, un guetteur aviné pose son amphore de vin (français) déjà à moitié vide et aperçoit…
Suddenly, an avowed watchman put his (French) wine amphora already half empty and sees … |
„Good heavens! That’s it, the French are getting out, a battle’s coming!“
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Parmi les souvenirs de cette époque, un tableau affiché au musée de Vannes. Among the memories of this time, a painting displayed at the Museum of Vannes. |
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Les Anglois réagissent alors, les lignes se forment… English then react, form the lines… |
En pleine guerre de 100 ans, Charles de Blois s’allie aux Français, Jean de Montfort aux Anglais. Chacun d’eux a des prétentions sur la succession…et Vannes sera assiégée 4 fois!
La suite, nous la vivrons à travers le témoignage de Frère Jérôme… We’ll follow the rest through the testimony of Brother Jerome … |
„I had to bless our men before the battle…“ |
„English cavalry and infantry arrived quickly across fields …“ |
„And often, in front of them, these powerful archers…“ |
„English reinforcements are slowed down by a few shots of crossbowmen, sheltered behind a palisade.“ |
„Or from the woods …“ |
„But soon we had to recoil, the Englih were charging!“ |
„After the English charges, the French ones, everywhere we can see knights and sergents fighting…“ |
„Our bombards add to the confusion, so many deads ans woundeds on the battlefied now…“ |
„Therefore the English infantry hesitates, then recoils.“ |
„In the evening, many men were dead or wounded…and the siege was brocken!“ |
Exécution de Olivier IV de Clisson par Liédet. |
Historical note: Olivier IV de Clisson, at the end of this battle freely inspired by reality, will be captured … and executed. The siege was in reality not broken, but a truce was found thanks to Pope Clement VI. As for Clisson, he was executed and his body exposed in Paris … except his head, exposed in Nantes!
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