Template:Did you know nominations/Chevauchée of Edward III (1346)

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The result was: promoted by valereee (talk) 21:26, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Chevauchée of Edward III (1346)

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... that when the English army invaded France in 1346 they burnt a 40-mile-wide (64 km) swath of destruction to within 2 miles (3.2 km) of Paris? Source: Rogers, Clifford J. (2000). War Cruel and Sharp: English Strategy under Edward III, 1327-1360. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer. OCLC 804338875. Pp. 252, 257; Sumption, Jonathon (1999). Trial by Fire. The Hundred Years' War. II. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0571138968. Pp. 514–515.

Reviewed: Shekhar: Ek Jivani

Improved to Good Article status by Gog the Mild (talk). Self-nominated at 15:24, 17 May 2019 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Offline references accepted in good faith Jupitus Smart 19:14, 30 May 2019 (UTC)