A French relief army under Jean de Dunois routed an English force led by the Earl of Warwick.

In June 1427, John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford ordered Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick to capture the French stronghold of Montargis, situated on high ground between the Loing and Vernisson rivers, crisscrossed by canals and held by a sizeable and well-supplied garrison.

[1] Warwick led a force 3,000 men supported by artillery and laid siege to the place on 15 July 1427.

[1] Dauphin Charles sent a relief force of 1,600 men under the command of Jean de Dunois and La Hire.

[1] The garrison and Dunois attacked the English from both sides and Warwick's army lost one third of its troops and all of its artillery and baggage as it fled.