<?xml version="1.0" encoding='utf-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN" "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml">
<wml>
<card id="card1" title="Siege of Caen (1450) - Page 2 - Wikipedia">
<p>
<a accesskey="1" href="page.php?w=Siege_of_Caen_(1450)&amp;p=1">1.Previous</a><br />
<a accesskey="3" href="page.php?w=Siege_of_Caen_%281450%29&amp;p=3">3.Next</a>
</p>
<p>withdrew to Caen, pursued by the much larger French army commanded by <a href="page.php?w=Arthur_III%2C_Duke_of_Brittany">Arthur de Richemont</a>, <a href="page.php?w=Constable_of_France">Constable of France</a>. After three weeks of siege Somerset surrendered. English control of Normandy rapidly collapsed, ending with the <a href="page.php?w=Siege_of_Cherbourg_%281450%29">loss of Cherbourg</a> in August.</p>

<p><big>Background</big></p>
<p>Following the collapse of the 1444 <a href="page.php?w=Treaty_of_Tours">Truce of Tours</a>, hostilities between</p><p>
<a accesskey="1" href="page.php?w=Siege_of_Caen_(1450)&amp;p=1">1.Previous</a><br />
<a accesskey="3" href="page.php?w=Siege_of_Caen_%281450%29&amp;p=3">3.Next</a>
</p>

<do type="prev" label="Search">
        <go href="search.wml"/>
</do>

</card>
</wml>
