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Battle of Sandwich: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Battle of Dover
Date August 24, 1217
Location English Channel • Sandwich • England
Participants France • England

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Key People

Henry III
Henry III
king of England [1207–1272]
Burgh, miniature by Matthew Paris from Historia Anglorum, mid-13th century; in the British Library (Royal MS. 14 c VII)
Hubert de Burgh
English justiciar

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