French victory The siege of Bordeaux by King Charles VII, between August and October 1453, is part of the third phase of the Hundred Years' War.

On August 13, 1453, the King of France, Charles VII, arrived in person at the Château de Montferrand on the Ambès peninsula to direct the siege operations.

The city of Bordeaux is protected by three walls and around twenty large towers;[2] 8,000 men ensured its defense, they resisted for two months.

[3] The fall of Cadillac and then of the Château de Blanquefort in September[4] diminished the hopes of the people of Bordeaux; moreover, the rich merchants feared seeing their hotels destroyed by Jean Bureau's artillery.

Twenty people from Bordeaux, designated by the king, suffered the penalty of banishment, including the lord of Landiras and that of Duras.