Battle of Orleans
The
Battle of Orléans was the first French victory of
Joan of Arc during the
Hundred Years' War. She led the French in
1429, freeing
Orléans which was besieged by the English. In the French army The Gascons soldiers of la Hire and St-Severe and Bretons soldiers of Gilles de Ray fought bravely and took the English redoubts . This battle is to the French what the battle of Agincourt is to the English,