Battle of Valmont

Battle of Valmont
Part of the Hundred Years' War (Lancastrian phase)
Date 9 and 11 March 1416 Location around Valmont and Harfleur 49°44′38.0″N 0°30′51.8″E / 49.743889°N 0.514389°E / 49.743889; 0.514389 Result Inconclusive; see result
Belligerents
Kingdom of England	Kingdom of France
Commanders and leaders
Thomas Beaufort	Bernard of Armagnac
Strength
Beaufort: 1,000 Harfleur garrison: 1,200[1]	4,000
Casualties and losses
160 (on the first day)	1,000

The Battle of Valmont is the name given to two connected actions which took place between 9 and 11 March 1416 in the area of the towns of Valmont and Harfleur in Normandy. A raiding force under Thomas Beaufort, Earl of Dorset, was confronted by a larger French army under Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac at Valmont. The initial action went against the English, who lost their horses and baggage. They managed to rally and withdraw in good order to Harfleur, only to find the French had cut them off. A second action now took place, during which the French army was defeated with the aid of a sally from the English garrison of Harfleur.