Second Siege of Boulogne

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The Second Siege of Boulogne was an engagement late in the Italian War of 1542-1546. The Dauphin's army descended on Montreuil, forcing Norfolk to raise the siege; Henry himself left for England at the end of September 1544, ordering Norfolk and Suffolk to defend Boulogne.¹ The two dukes quickly proceeded to disobey this order; leaving some 4,000 men to defend the captured city, they withdrew the rest of the English army to Calais.² The English army, outnumbered, was now trapped in Calais; the Dauphin, left unopposed, concentrated his efforts on investing Boulogne.³ On 9 October, a French assault nearly captured the city, but was beaten back when the troops prematurely turned to looting.⁴

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Notes

^ Scarisbrick, Henry VIII, 395–396.
^ Phillips, "Testing the 'Mystery'", 47; Scarisbrick, Henry VIII, 396–397.
^ Elton, England Under the Tudors, 195; Phillips, "Testing the 'Mystery'", 47, 51–52; Scarisbrick, Henry VIII, 397.
^ Arnold, Renaissance at War, 180; Phillips, "Testing the 'Mystery'", 48–50.

References

Arnold, Thomas F. The Renaissance at War. Smithsonian History of Warfare, edited by John Keegan. New York: Smithsonian Books / Collins, 2006. ISBN 0-06-089195-5.

Elton, G. R. England Under the Tudors. A History of England, edited by Felipe Fernández-Armesto. London: The Folio Society, 1997.

Phillips, Gervase. "Testing the 'Mystery of the English'". MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History 19, no. 3 (Spring 2007): 44–54. ISSN 1040-5992.

Scarisbrick, J. J. Henry VIII. London: The Folio Society, 2004.