Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Châteauneuf-Raudon (Hundred Years' War).

This fortress was besieged 1380 by the French under Du Guesclin, and was defended by an English garrison under de Ros. After an obstinate defence the town surrendered, July 4, but the siege was fatal to Du Guesclin, who succumbed to his fatigues and privations.