The Battle of Bergerac was fought between Anglo-Gascon and French forces
at the town of Bergerac in Gascony, in August 1345 during the early
phase of the Hundred Years' War. In early 1345 Edward III of England
launched a major attack on the French from the north. He sent smaller
forces to Gascony, which was economically important to the English war
effort, and to Brittany. Henry of Grosmont, Earl of Derby, arrived in
Gascony in August; breaking with the previous policy of cautious
advance, he struck directly for the largest French concentration at
Bergerac. He took French forces under Bertrand I of L'Isle-Jourdain and
Henri de Montigny by surprise and defeated them. The French suffered
heavy casualties and the loss of the town, a significant strategic
setback. This defeat, along with the Battle of Auberoche later in the
year, changed the military balance of power in the region and led to the
collapse of the French position. (This article is part of a featured
topic: Gascon campaign of 1345.).
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1843:
B'nai B'rith, the world's oldest continually operating Jewish
service organization, was founded in New York City.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%27nai_B%27rith>
1921:
The Soviet republics of Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and
Georgia signed the Treaty of Kars with the Grand National Assembly of
Turkey, establishing contemporary borders between Turkey and the
Caucasian states.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Kars>
1961:
Newly elected Burundian prime minister Louis Rwagasore was
assassinated by his political rivals.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rwagasore>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
hogshead:
1. (Britain) An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63
wine gallons, or about 52½ imperial gallons; a half pipe.
2. A large barrel or cask of indefinite contents, especially one
containing from 100 to 140 gallons.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hogshead>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The conservative is a person who considers very closely every
chance, even the longest, of "throwing out the baby with the bath-
water," as the German proverb puts it, and who determines his conduct
accordingly. And so we see that the term conservative has little value
as a label; in fact, one might say that its label-value varies inversely
with one's right to wear it.
--Albert Jay Nock
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