14 October 732 · Europe
Battle of Tours
In 732, between Tours and Poitiers in Gaul, a Frankish army under Charles Martel met a raiding force from the Umayyad lands in Spain. The fight is remembered as a check on that campaign north of the Pyrenees.
Commanders
- Charles Martel · General
- Date
- 14 October 732
- Place
- Poitiers · France
- Region
- Europe