Siege of Dieppe

Talbot built a wooden fort on the heights of Le Pollet east of Dieppe and installed a garrison of 500 men under Sir William Peyto along with 200 artillery pieces of various make and began to bombard Dieppe's fortifications and houses with them.^[3]

On 12 August 1443 a French relief army of 1,600 men under the dauphin Louis arrived at Dieppe, which was garrisoned by several hundred men-at-arms led by Charles Desmarets.^[1] Two more French armies had reinforced the town previously.^[1] At 8 am on 14 August, the French attacked the English fort to the sound of trumpets.^[4] The French had five or six wooden bridges on wheels and cranes that hoisted the bridges into position over the English walls.^[5] The attacking French troops were repulsed by English missile and arrow fire and lost 100 killed and hundreds wounded.^[5]

The citizens of Dieppe reinforced the French army with between 60 and 80 large crossbows and the dauphin ordered the attack renewed.^[5] The English were defeated, with 300 killed and 14 French-speaking survivors hanged as traitors on the dauphin's orders.^[5] Sir William Peyto, Sir John Ripley and Henry Talbot were captured, among others.^[5] The fort was dismantled on the dauphin's orders and the artillery carried off to Dieppe's arsenal.^[5]