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314:, it was common for tax revenues raised in the southwest to be used to finance the war in other parts of France. Inhabitants of the region resented this practice, since they were worried about their own protection. John's lieutenancy was marked by an extreme degree of independence. Once he took office, he vowed to prevent
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a decade earlier. All of these battles resulted in heavy losses for the French. Worse still, many prominent French noblemen were captured by the
English at all three of these places and later ransomed, raising large amounts of money to fund the English war effort. With these catastrophes in mind,
303:, Armagnac was appointed royal lieutenant in the south-west. However, due to the overall worsening French situation he was left with few troops and little money. He was therefore unable to stop Lancaster neither from consolidating English gains in the south nor from launching a major raid into
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Armagnac with his retinue of 300 heavy cavalry succeeded in breaking the Flemish left and then in the following pursuit causing several thousand casualties. Faced with the loss of the bulk of his army Robert of Artois was forced to retreat from the city in disorder.
329:’s troops during much of this campaign, but he dared not confront the English in battle. This was not a decision made strictly due to cowardice. Rather, it was a strategic decision, though perhaps a poorly calculated one. John had seen the disasters that had befallen French at
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with documents stating terms under which terms he would be willing to do homage to Edward III. As compensation for the territory he expected to lose once he switched allegiance
Armagnac demanded several towns held by the King of France, chief among them
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by storm. This caused major shock to at the French court as no significant
English army was expected in the south. Armagnac helped shore up the French position by gathering some of the survivors and retreating to
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252:. On 26 July what begun as an unauthorized attack on the enemy lines by some French knights developed into a major battle as the Duke of Burgundy decided to sally forth in strength. During the
201:, a small town he laid claim to, but which was situated in territory dominated by the Count of Foix. This started a short but violent private war, ended by the town taken into royal custody.
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tax revenues from being spent on northern campaigns. While the man was overall a somewhat talented commander, he was strongly criticized for his reluctance to meet the
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284:. Lancaster moved to surround PĂ©rigueux, but did not have the strength to capture the city and in October he was forced to withdraw with the arrival of a force commanded by
248:. However Robert III failed completely in masking his intentions. This allowed Philip VI to dispatch John of Armagnac to reinforce the garrison already present there under
229:. Of these the English only succeeded in taking and holding MĂ©zin. The negotiations therefore came to an end and John remained a vassal of Philip VI.
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despoiled the French countryside on a massive scale with an army roughly 5000 strong. John, leading his own army, remained in the vicinity of
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and the Count of Foix. John provided 1,200 men for this siege, which ended with the surrender of the town, though not the castle.
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373:John II of Armagnac
353:John died in 1373.
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