High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! There were three military confrontations called the Battle of Taillebourg, site of strategic importance on the route between Northern and Southern France, via the bridge built over the Charente River. The first one was that which saw the victory of Charlemagne, in 808, over the Saracens. The second, most significant and best-known was the battle between the Capetian troops of the king of France, Louis IX, known as ‘Saint Louis’, allied with those of his brother the Count of Poitiers, Alphonse and the rebel followers of Hugh X of Lusignan and Henry III of England, in 1242. The third and minor battle took place during the Hundred Years' War, on 8 April 1351 and was notable mainly for the attempt of the French commander, Guy de Nesle, Marshal of France, to counter the English infantry tactics by dismounting the majority of his knights, while reserving two groups on horseback for flanking attacks. The tactic was a failure and de Nesle was...

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