 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kurwisa kunotevera kwakauya muna 1345, apo Earl weDerby akakunda Agenais akarasika makore makumi maviri zvisati zvaitika muHondo yeSaint-Sardos ndokutora Angoulême, nepo mauto muBrittany pasi paSir Thomas Dagworth akawanawo mibairo. VaFrench vakapindura muchirimo cha 1346 nekurwisa kukuru kweAquitaine, uko uto raJohn, Duke weNormandy, rakakomba Derby paAiguillon. Pamusana pezano raGodfrey Harcourt akafanana naRobert III weArtois, murume wechiFrench akadzingwa munyika, Edward akaenda kuNormandy panzvimbo peAquitaine. Sezvakafanotaurwa naHarcourt, vaNorman vakanga vasina kugadzirira hondo, uye varwi vakawanda vakanga vari paAiguillon. Edward akapamba ndokupisa nyika sezvaaienda, achitora Caenuye kufambira mberi kusvikira kuPoissy uye ipapo kudzokera shure pamberi pehondo iyo Philip akanga aunganidza nokukurumidza paParis. Edward akayambuka rwizi rwaSomme achinyemwerera, ndokuenda kunorwa kuCrécy. 