Battle Of Sandwich (1217)
Coordinates: 51°16′30″N 1°25′12″E / 51.275°N 1.420°E / 51.275; 1.420
- Not to be confused with the Battle of Sandwich (1460).
In the Battle of Sandwich on 24 August 1217 a Plantagenet English fleet commanded by Hubert de Burgh attacked a Capetian French armada led by Eustace the Monk and Robert of Courtenay. The English captured the French flagship and most of the supply vessels, forcing the rest of the French fleet to return to Calais. The naval battle took place off Sandwich, Kent on the English coast during the First Barons' War.
The French fleet was attempting to bring supplies to Prince Louis, later King Louis VIII of France, whose French forces held London at that time. The English vessels attacked from windward, seizing Eustace's ship, making Robert and the knights prisoner and killing the rest of the crew. Eustace, a notorious pirate, was executed after being taken prisoner. The battle convinced Prince Louis to abandon his effort to conquer England and the Treaty of Lambeth was signed a few weeks later.
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