The Great Chevauchee - John of Gaunt's Raid on France 1373
A Military, Historical, Medieval book. This books isn't as good as some of the other Osprey books I've read. Maybe it was...
In 1373, John of Gaunt set off from Calais on a great raid to strike at the heart of France. Driven by the high ideals of chivalry, the raiders left with epic pageantry. However, the reality soon overwhelmed the raiders. Beset on all sides by French ambushes and plagued by disease and starvation, the raiders battled their way through Champagne, east of Paris, into Burgundy, across the Massif Central and finally down into the Dordogne. Unable to attack any major fortifications, John of Gaunt's men plundered the countryside, raiding towns and villages, weakening the French infrastructure. While the military value of the raid is debatable, the English knights who finally made it home were hailed as heroes. This book charts the course of the raid from beginning to end, studying all the battles and skirmishes the raiders fought along the way in this bloody example of chivalric warfare.
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This books isn't as good as some of the other Osprey books I've read. Maybe it was the subject matter, but I just didn't find it as interesting. One of the stories of the Hundred Years' War. 1373? John of Gaunt undertook a raid across the heart of France. Many challenges faced his force. This slender Osprey volume traces his campaign, the challenges that he faced, and the ultimate outcome. The raise is placed in its larger historical contrext.Quie readable. . . . The Caroline War (1369-1389/96) has received little attention outside of general studies of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453). This interesting conflict, so writes Dr David Nicolle, has been largely ignored by English historians, and has been misunderstood by some of those who did refer to it (p.12). As such, Nicolles brief study The...
