assistance. In revenge, says Cokayne, Pembroke then raided Anjou again, before being despatched with Cambridge to relieve Belleperche, in early 1370, where they raised the French siege. At the same time, Pembroke's agents had recruited 300 men in England to join his force, and they were soon due to sail. Pembroke was embarrassed at being rescued by Chandos and this "did nothing to abate the ill-feeling between the two leaders" and "was a serious blow to Edward III's attempts to stabilize Aquitaine", according to the historian R. I. Jack. Not only had the escapade damaged the English cause in the region, but it led directly to Chandos's failure later in the year to recapture the abbey at Saint-Savin, Vienne, where Chandos was killed. This was a major loss for the English, as none of the remaining English captains in France, including Pembroke, had the personal skill or martial experience of Chandos. A contemporary chronicler reported that the French King, Charles V, when he heard of Chandos's death, said that no-one was now "left able to make peace between England and France". In early 1370 Pembroke was nominated for the senior and exclusive chivalric Order of the Garter, and his robes were ordered for him, according to government accounts, on 12 March. This timing allowed him to attend the order's annual feast in April. He took the stall of the deceased Thomas, Earl of Warwick; the renewal of war, however, meant that he was rarely able to attend Garter feasts again. Later the same year he accompanied the Black Prince in a major campaign against Limoges. The Black Prince was suffering from the illness that was to kill him and was so ill he could not stand, being conveyed on a litter. Before commencing the attack, Pembroke and the Prince marched to Cognac, where the Prince's younger brother, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, was due to arrive in September 1370. While the King was willing to devote much of his personal wealth to this campaign, he was less keen to allow large numbers of English knights to join them. Gaunt was accompanied by Walter, Baron Mauny, one of his closest advisers and Pembroke's father-in-law, who had become frustrated at dictating strategy from a distance. Limoges was captured in October 1370 after a five-day siege in which the English successfully mined the city's walls. It was subsequently sacked and many inhabitants