Excerpt from Tales of a Grandfather, Vol. 7: France Chap. XVIII. - Siege of Calais - War in Bretagne - Siege of roche-d'arien - Anxiety of the two Monarchs, Edward and Philip, to obtain the Alliance of the Flemings - The People of Flanders favourable to Edward, and their Earl to Philip - Attempt of Philip to raise the Siege of Calais - Its Surrender - Noble Conduct of Eustace de Saint Pierre, and five other Burgesses - they are ordered for Execution by him, but saved by the intercession of his Queen, Philippa - Measures of Edward for securing pos~ session of Calais - Sir Emeric of Pavia treats with Sir Geofi'rey Charny to betray the place to the French-his Treachery discovered - Sir Emeric delivers Sir Geofl'rey to an Ambuscade of the English under Sir Walter Manny, by whom the French Party are defeated, and their Leader, Sir Geoffrey, taken Prisoner - Ed ward's treatment of the Prisoners - Pestilence rages in France and England Submission of Godfrey of Harcourt to the French King Death of Philip VI. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.