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The assault on Jargeau, an illumination from Martial d’Auvergne’s Vigiles de Charles VIIImage: Anonymous · Public domainworld · Europe
Joan of Arc takes Jargeau from the English
A month after lifting the siege of Orléans, French forces led by the Duke of Alençon and Joan of Arc turned on the English-held town of Jargeau on the Loire. After two days of fighting they stormed the walls on 12 June 1429; Joan was struck on the helmet by a stone while climbing a ladder but got up again. The town fell and the English commander, the Earl of Suffolk, was taken prisoner. It opened a run of French victories on the Loire.
Source: Britannica: William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk ↗
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