Battle of Formigny

Battle of Formigny
Part of the Hundred Years' War
Illumination adorning La Cronicque du temps de Tres Chrestien Roy Charles, septisme de ce nom, roy de France by Jean Chartier, c. 1470–1479
Date 15 April 1450 Location Formigny, Normandy, France Result French and Breton victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of France Duchy of Brittany	Kingdom of England
Commanders and leaders
Jean de Clermont Arthur de Richemont Pierre de Brézé	Thomas Kyriell  Robert Vere Matthew Gough Henry Norbury
Strength
c. 4,200[a]	c. 4,000 to 4,300
Casualties and losses
500 to 1,000 killed or wounded[b]	Vast majority killed or captured

The Battle of Formigny, fought on 15 April 1450, took place towards the end of the Hundred Years' War between England and France. It was a decisive French victory that destroyed the last significant English field army in Normandy, and paved the way for the recapture of their remaining strongholds.^[2][3]

Although cannon had been employed in siege warfare since the early 14th century, Formigny is notable as one of the first recorded uses of field artillery on a European battlefield.

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