Battle o Crécy

The Battle o Crecy, cried Battle o Cressy (26 August 1346) an aw, wis an important Inglis victory during the Edwardian phase o the Hunder Years' War.

Battle o Crécy
Pairt o the Hunder Years' War
Battle of Crécy
Image frae a 15t-century illuminatit manuscript o Jean Froissart's Chronicles
Date26 August 1346
LocationCrécy-en-Ponthieu, Picardy
50°15′25″N 1°54′14″E / 50.257°N 1.904°E / 50.257; 1.904Coordinates: 50°15′25″N 1°54′14″E / 50.257°N 1.904°E / 50.257; 1.904
Result Decisive Inglis victory
Belligerents
Kinrick o Ingland Kinrick o Fraunce
Mercenary Genoese
Kinrick o Majorca Haly Roman Empire
Commanders an leaders
Edward III o Ingland
Edward, the Black Prince
Philip VI o Fraunce (WIA)
John o Bohemie 
Strenth
9,000-12,000 (Modren estimates) 30,000 (Modren estimates)
80,000 (Wynkeley)
100,000 (Froissart)
Casualties an losses
100–300 c. 2,000 men-at-airms
unkent nummer o common soldiers