 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ralph, Earl weStafford, akanga aenda kuGascony muna February 1345 aine simba rokutanga uye, achitevera muitiro wenguva dzose, akakomba nhare mbiri dzeFrance. Derby akasvika muna August uye pakarepo akaunganidza maAnglo-Gascon mauto uye akananga zvakananga kune simba guru reFrance, iro raiungana paBergerac, kumabvazuva kweBordeaux. Bergerac yaiva nehukama hwakanaka hwokupa mvura kuBordeaux uye yaizogovera nzvimbo yakakodzera yokuendesa hondo kuvaFrench. Akakunda vaFrench zvine mutsindo ikoko, asati aenda kunorwisa guta guru redunhu rePérigueux. Panguva iyi vaFrench vakanga vatsausa nhamburiko yavo huru kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero, vari pasi pomurayiro mukuru waJohn, Duke weNormandy, mwanakomana uye mugari wenhaka waMambo Philip VI weFrance. Asingakwanisi kutora Périgueux, uye achityisidzirwa nesimba rakakura raJohn, Derby akasiya varwi vachirivharira ndokubva abva. Rimwe boka ravarwi, paAuberoche, rakakombwa navaFrance. Derby akafambira mberi nesimba duku, akatanga kurwisa kushamisikavachirwa neuto reFrance rakanga rakakura zvikuru uye vakawana kumwezve kukunda kunokosha. 