| On 17 August
1424 French and Scots troops suffer defeat at the Battle of Verneuil
at the hands of English forces.
The Franco-Scottish army was
commanded by John, the Earl of Buchan, and Archibald,
Earl of Douglas. The battle was final attempt to dislodge the
English from Normandy, and took place about 50 miles west of
Paris.
The battle consisted of about 15,000 French and Scottish
forces attacking the English army of 9,000 commanded by the Duke
of Bedford. Repeated Franco-Scottish charges were sharply cut down
by English longbowmen. About half the of the army were lost; the
rest retreated.
The overall result of the battle was the removal
of the Scots as a major aid to the French cause.
The Earl was
slain in this battle.
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