Gisors, Battle of
Years: 1198 - 1198
The Battle of Gisors (September 27, 1198) is a skirmish fought in Courcelles-lès-Gisors, Oise, Picardie, part of the ongoing fighting between Richard I of England and Philip Augustus of France that lastes from 1194 to Richard's death in April 1199.
The earlier conflict had restarted after the truce between the two kings— just long enough to see the harvest in, according to the chronicler Roger of Hoveden— expired.
Both kings invade and pillage each other's territory, causing great suffering to the local population by having their captives' eyes put out.
