Siege of Meaux

Timeline

1. 1421Meaux · Marne valleyHenry V arrived before Meaux with over 20,000 English troops to besiege the last major French fortress controlling the Marne valley north of the Loire; the garrison of about a thousand Dauphinist elites under the Bastard of Vaurus was soon subjected to mining and artillery bombardment by the English.
2. c. 1422Old town north of Meaux · Marne valleyAfter seven months of bombardment and winter siege, the starving citizens of the old town north of the city opened the gates and the English occupied the walled town; the garrison withdrew into the Château de Marchais within the river bend to continue resistance, and the siege entered its second phase.
3. 1422Château de Marchais, Meaux · Marne valleyAfter artillery collapsed the walls of Marchais, the garrison surrendered for want of reinforcements and under threat of internal mutiny; the Bastard of Vaurus was executed, the English appointed John Fortescue as captain of Meaux castle, and the English gained this strategic point north of the Loire.