| Siege of Falaise | |||||||
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| Part of the Hundred Years' War | |||||||
 Siege of Falaise, miniature from the Vigiles du roi Charles VII by Martial d'Auvergne, c. 1484 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of England |  Kingdom of France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Osbert Mundeford  Andrew Trollope | |||||||
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