Joan of Arc attacked Paris on 8 September 1429. The assault came after Charles VII’s coronation at Reims and followed the French army’s advance through parts of northern France.
Joan and French troops approached the city, which was held by forces loyal to the Anglo-Burgundian side. The attack focused on the area near the Porte Saint-Honoré, where Joan was wounded by a crossbow bolt in the thigh.
The assault did not capture Paris. Charles VII eventually ordered a withdrawal, and the French king later reached a temporary truce with the Duke of Burgundy. The failed attack marked a contrast with Joan’s rapid successes earlier in 1429.
Paris remained a major strategic and symbolic objective because control of the city affected the legitimacy and authority of competing governments during the Hundred Years’ War. Joan’s presence in the assault is well documented in contemporary and near-contemporary accounts.