Battle of Lunalonge

The outnumbered Anglo-Gascons, commanded by Thomas Coke, gained the upper hand during the day, but had to withdraw on foot during the night because the French, under Jean de Lille, had captured their horses.

French monarchs systematically sought to check the growth of English power, stripping away lands as the opportunity arose.

[5] Although Gascony was the cause of the war, Edward was able to spare few resources for it and up to 1349 whenever an English army campaigned on the continent it operated in northern France.

The Seneschal of Poitou, Jean de Lille, had raised a force of local Poitevins to besiege Anglo-Gascon held castle of Lusignan.

[7] In late May Thomas Coke, Seneschal of Gascony, led a force of 500 mounted men, composed largely of native Gascons,[8][9] from Bordeaux to the relief of Lusignan.

When none had arisen by nightfall, the survivors of the French force, having been defeated in detail, retreated back to Lusignan with the captured horses.

[8][13][9] On the return journey Coke sent a detachment to reconnoiter the large castle at Taillebourg, which controlled the most important crossing of the River Charente.

In early August the French formally repudiated the ill-observed Truce of Calais, by some accounts due to the loss of Taillebourg.