Siege of Orléans

Timeline

1. 1428Orléans · Loire ValleyThomas Montagu, Earl of Salisbury, surrounded Orléans with English forces, cutting its land links to the outside; French commander Jean de Dunois held out, and the siege lines gradually formed and lasted into the following year.
2. 1429Orléans · Loire ValleyJoan marched east from Chinon, broke through the English blockade into Orléans, greatly boosting the defenders' morale. Over the following days she organized French assaults on the English forts outside the city, reversing the passive defense.
3. 1429Orléans · Loire ValleyUnder Joan's command the French captured the English stronghold of the Tourelles, forcing the English to lift the siege and withdraw. The siege ended in a French victory, a key turning point in the Hundred Years' War.