Winchelsea: English Fleet Crushes Castilian Navy
King Edward III personally commanded the English fleet against a larger Castilian squadron off Winchelsea, boarding enemy vessels in brutal hand-to-hand fighting. The victory smashed Castilian naval power in the English Channel and demonstrated that England could project force at sea, not just on the battlefields of France.
August 29, 1350
676 years ago
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