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    Dalyngrigge who served under Knolles in a Free Company during the Hundred Years' War. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Knolles, Sir Robert" . Encyclopædia Britannica...
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    Gâtinais, as Edward III in his chevauchée of 1359 or to march on Brittany, as Robert Knolles in his chevauchée of 1370. The English left, around 25 September...
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    Battle of Pontvallain (category 1370 in England)
    occasion Knolles's army "left a trail of ravaged villages, whose charred gables were known as 'Knolles' mitres' "; and how, as a result, Knolles made around...
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    by the King on 2 October 1370. He immediately defeated the remnant of an English army, which had been led by Robert Knolles until his retreat at Du Guesclin's...
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    The Great Chevauchée: John of Gaunt's Raid on France 1373. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1849082471. Rogers, Clifford (2006). "Chevauchée". International...
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    on a chevauchée, during which he pillaged Avignonet and Castelnaudary, sacked Carcassonne, and plundered Narbonne. In 1356, on another chevauchée, he ravaged...
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  • nominal leadership of Sir Robert Knolles, whom contemporaries praised for his military acumen. Landing in the north, Knolles and Minsterworth carved their...
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    combination of raids, sieges, and pitched battles. He notably crushed Robert Knolles at the Battle of Pontvallain. Most of the major English leaders were...
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