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Today's featured article Near-contemporary image of the Battle of Caen From 1345 to 1347, the Hundred Years' War between the English and the French flared up. Determined to renew the conflict, King Edward III of England despatched a small force to south-west France where they won victories at Bergerac and Auberoche. In 1346 an English army of 10,000 men landed in northern Normandy, devastated the region, and stormed and sacked Caen (pictured). They then cut a swath to within 20 miles (32 km) of Paris, turned north, and inflicted a heavy defeat on the French army at the Battle of Crécy. They exploited this by laying siege to Calais. The period from the English victory outside Bergerac to the start of the siege of Calais is known as Edward III's annus mirabilis (year of marvels). After an eleven-month siege, which stretched both countries' financial and military resources to the limit, the town fell, and for more than two hundred years it served as an English entrepôt into northern France. (This article is part of a featured topic: Hundred Years' War, 1345–1347.) Recently featured: Yugoslav monitor Sava Darkness on the Edge of Town Aston Martin DB9 Did you know... WZZM weatherball ... that a Michigan TV station rescued and restored a weather ball (pictured) that had been sitting for years in a scrapyard? ... that in Liberia, self-induced abortions are performed with herbal remedies known as "rocket-propelled grenade" and "Christmas leaf"? ... that Olympic judoka Valentin Houinato is also a full-time journalist? ... that Ghana and Ivory Coast have been accused of setting up a cocoa cartel? ... that the triathletes competing in the 2024 Summer Olympics include a man who won his first international competition aged 30 and the brother of a former Olympian? ... that the Wikipedia hoax Carlos Bandeirense Mirandópolis was cited in a judicial decision by the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice? ... that Alyssa Mendoza and Andy Barat are the first Olympic representatives of their sport for their state and country, respectively? ... that one in ten thousand individuals are born without the ability to smell? ... that Sizzle Ohtaka, known as the "Queen of Commercial Songs", was producing them at a rate of ten per month?

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