Indeed, its recorded history reaches back to the Roman Empire, when Caesar traveled through Calais to invade Celtic Britain in 55 and 54 BC. By the time the French recaptured Calais in 1558, Calais ...

That seems a fair synopsis of the French government's advice to the British Home Secretary, David Blunkett, as he struggles not to appear powerless over the so-called "siege of Calais".

Edward III annexed Calais in 1347 and it stayed English until recaptured by France in 1558. ... Auguste Rodin’s sculpture The Burghers of Calais commemorates the siege of Calais in 1347. 4.

The population of Calais was expelled, a wealth of spoils was grabbed by the English and the town was quickly repopulated with English settlers. It was not recaptured by the French until 1558. In 1884 ...