 At this time, in Gournay-sur-Epte, Normandy (now Gournay-en-Bray in Seine-Maritime), about a dozen kilometers southwest of Gerberoy, sat an English army under the command of John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, in motion.This should bring the city Rue, which had also been recently recaptured by the French, again under English control.The troops led material for a siege with them.