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Battle of Cadzand
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| Battle of Cadzand | |||||||
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| Part of the Hundred Years' War | |||||||
 Battle of Cadzand (Jean Froissart, 14th century) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Kingdom of England | County of Flanders | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Sir Walter Manny | Sir Guy de Rickenbourg | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 3,500 | Several thousand | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown, light | Almost total | ||||||
The Battle of Cadzand was an early skirmish of the Hundred Years' War fought in 1337. It consisted of a raid on the Flemish island of Cadzand, designed to provoke a reaction and battle from the local garrison and so improve morale in England and amongst King Edward III's continental allies by providing his army with an easy victory. On 9 November Sir Walter Manny, with the advance troops for Edward III's continental invasion, made an attempt to take the city of Sluys, but was driven off.
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