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French troops, who arrived in England in 1216 at the behest of dissatisfied English barons, are defeated at the Battle of Lincoln near London. The French are cut off from leaving the island when their fleet is defeated in a naval engagement known as the Battle of Sandwich; they sue for peace, giving up any claims on English territory.
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