 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Duke John weNormandy akatungamirira hondo yeFrance kupfurikidza neHainault mukutsiva kutsigira kwavo Edward III. Kufambira mberi kwevaFrench kwakamiswa nevarwi veLe Quesnoy nokushandiswa kwezvombo. Hondo yeFlemish yaitungamirirwa naJacques van Artevelde, naRobert de Ufford, Earl weSuffolk naWilliam Montagu, Earl weSalisbury, yakavharirwa munzira kuenda kuValenciennes; maEarl eSuffolk neSalisbury vakabatwa ndokuendeswa kuParis. Philip VI akabatana neuto reFrance uye akaenda kunosangana neuto reFlemish. Nhau dzakasvika dzokuti ngarava dzeFrance dzakanga dzaparadzwa muhondo yezvikepe paSluys, neuto reFrance ipapo richidzokera kuArras. 