. A short history of England and the British Empire. heEnglish make any serious attempt to invade France. TheFrench king had been fairly successful in his attempt to conquerGascony, and in that year he collected a vast army for a finaleffort. To draw the French away from the southwest, Edwardcrossed the Channel with a strong force and landed in Nor-mandy. Failing in his attempt to reduce the Norman strong-holds, he turned rapidly eastward in the direction of Flanders. When not far from Calais, he was confronted bv „ , : . : Crecy. 1346. a large French army and forced to make a stand. In the re
. A short history of England and the British Empire. heEnglish make any serious attempt to invade France. TheFrench king had been fairly successful in his attempt to conquerGascony, and in that year he collected a vast army for a finaleffort. To draw the French away from the southwest, Edwardcrossed the Channel with a strong force and landed in Nor-mandy. Failing in his attempt to reduce the Norman strong-holds, he turned rapidly eastward in the direction of Flanders. When not far from Calais, he was confronted bv „ , : . : Crecy. 1346. a large French army and forced to make a stand. In the resulting battle of Crecy,1 Edward won a decisive victory, and for a time Gascony was secure from French invasion. 134. The English Seize 1347. From Crecy Ed-ward proceeded to Calais, which he besieged and forced to 1 Cheyney, No. 138; Gardiner, 240-242; Innes, I, 166-173; Kendall, No. 30; Tuelland Hatch, No. 25. The selections in the source books are all from Froissart. 2 Innes, I, 173-178; Tuell and Hatch, No. 26. i52 THE WAR WITH FRANCE. Drawbridge Fourteenth century. surrender the following year. The seizure of Calais was theSiege of most important event of the earlier period of this Calais. }ong war Calais was the nearest Continental port and was only a few miles distant from the friendly cities of Flanders : it, therefore, formed amost excellent base from whichto direct further operationsagainst France. King Edwardat first threatened to take thelives of the stubborn citizens,but the prayers of Queen Philippaavailed, and there were no exe-cutions. But all the inhabitantswho refused to swrear allegianceto the conqueror were drivenfrom the city and English colo-nists took their places. In this way Calais became virtuallyan English city and remained an English outpost and a soreirritation to France for more than two hundred years. 135. Suspension of Hostilities; the Battle of Poitiers. Forthe following nine years there was an almost complete suspen-Efforts of the s^o
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