Battle of Cravant

Battle of Cravant
	Part of the Hundred Years' War
Date	31 July 1423
Location	Near Cravant, Burgundy
Result	Anglo-Burgundian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of England; Burgundian State	Kingdom of France; Kingdom of Scotland
Commanders and leaders
Earl of Salisbury; Robert Willoughby	John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (POW); Louis, Count of Vendôme (POW)
Strength
4,000; • 2,000 English; • 2,000 Burgundians	8,000; • 4,000 French; • 4,000 Scots
Casualties and losses
Unknown	3,200–5,0001,200–3,000 killed; 2,000 captured

The Battle of Cravant was fought on 31 July 1423, during the Hundred Years' War between English and French forces at the village of Cravant in Burgundy, at a bridge and ford on the banks of the river Yonne, a left-bank tributary of the Seine, southeast of Auxerre. The battle ended in a victory for the English and their Burgundian allies.

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