Qualla: Siege of Orleans https://qualla.com/siege-of-orleans en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:32 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Siege of Orleans https://qualla.com/siege-of-orleans Siege of Orleans: Introduction https://qualla.com/siege-of-orleans/ The consensus among contemporaries was simple: if Orleans fell, England would conquer all of France. By the spring of 1429, that outcome seemed almost inevitable. English forces and their Burgundian allies had besieged the city since October 1428, constructing a ring of fortified bastilles that slowly choked the life from France's most strategically vital stronghold on the Loire. The defenders were demoralized, supplies dwindling, the Dauphin Charles powerless to help. Then, on 29 April 1429, a seventeen-year-old girl in armor rode through the gates. Nine days later, the English were gone.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/0/9/2/siege-of-orleans-wp/u092-siege-of-orleans-a-siege-like-no-other.mp3 0:06 3 full Siege of Orleans: The Maid Arrives https://qualla.com/siege-of-orleans/ Joan of Arc reached Orleans on 29 April 1429 after a remarkable journey from the Dauphin's court at Chinon, where she had convinced Charles to give her a military command. She arrived with a supply convoy that entered the city from the east, exploiting a gap in the English siege ...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/0/9/2/siege-of-orleans-wp/u092-siege-of-orleans-the-maid-arrives.mp3 0:06 4 full Siege of Orleans: The Arrow and the Assault https://qualla.com/siege-of-orleans/ During the assault on Les Tourelles, Joan was struck by a crossbow bolt between her neck and shoulder. She withdrew briefly to have the wound dressed, then returned to the fighting. Her reappearance on the battlefield, visibly wounded but pressing forward, shattered whatever rema...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/0/9/2/siege-of-orleans-wp/u092-siege-of-orleans-the-arrow-and-the-assault.mp3 0:06 5 full Siege of Orleans: Nine Days That Saved a Kingdom https://qualla.com/siege-of-orleans/ The relief of Orleans transformed the war. From a military standpoint, it broke the English stranglehold on the Loire and opened the path for the campaign that would recapture Jargeau, Meung-sur-Loire, Beaugency, and culminate in the devastating French cavalry victory at Patay. F...

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