In the opening phase of the Hundred Years War, French forces struck at Portsmouth before Edward III could bring his fleet to bear. The town was burned and plundered. The attack prompted Edward to accelerate his naval building and sparked English calls for coastal defences. It was a humiliation at the start of what would become England greatest maritime conflict.
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