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Orléans, siege of

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Orléans, siege of, 1428–9. On 12 October 1428, Thomas, earl of Salisbury, laid siege to Orléans as part of a strategy to advance across the Loire. He died from gunshot wounds on 3 November, but the siege continued, with an attack on the English supply lines (the battle of the Herrings) being unsuccessful. The English were already weakened and deserted by their Burgundian allies, however, by the time Joan of Arc arrived on 29 April and were forced to raise the siege on 8 May.

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Battle of the Herrings

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Battle of the Herrings 1429, episode in the siege of Orléans by the English in the Hundred Years War. The French, under Jean, comte de Dunois, attacked a supply train commanded by Sir John Fastolf . The English, barricaded behind the wagons with herring barrels, repelled the attack. The action took place at Rouvray, a hamlet NW of Orléans.

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Motorcycling: HERRING TAKES THE HONOURS.(Sport) Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 7/5/1999
	REVIEWS Richard Herring, St David''s Hall.(Features) Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales); 4/17/2012
	HERRING'S BIG FOURTH QUARTER HELPS LIFT LADY HILLTOPPERS.(Sports) Newspaper article from: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM); 2/4/2001