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[[File:Phil6france.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|{{center|[[Philip VI of France]]}}|alt=A Medieval image of Philip IV seated, wearing a blue robe decorated with fleurs de lys]]
{{verde|Philip sent orders to Duke John of Normandy insisting that he abandon the siege of Aiguillon and march his army north, which after delay and prevarication he did on 20 August – though he would ultimately not arrive in time to change the course of events in the north.{{sfn|Sumption|1990|pp=512–513, 514, 519, 539}}}} The French army outside Paris consisted of some 8,000 [[men-at-arms]], 6,000 crossbowmen, and many infantry [[Feudal levies|levies]]. Philip sent a challenge on 14 August suggesting that the two armies do battle at a mutually agreed time and place in the area. Edward indicated that he would meet Philip to the south of the Seine, without actually committing himself. On 16 August the French moved into position; Edward promptly burnt down Poissy, destroyed the bridge there, and marched north.{{sfn|Sumption|1990|pp=517–519, 520}}{{sfn|Harari|1999|p=385}}
The French had carried out a [[scorched earth]] policy, carrying away all stores of food and so forcing the English to spread out over a wide area to forage, which greatly slowed them. Bands of French peasants attacked some of the smaller groups of foragers. Philip reached the River Somme a day's march ahead of Edward. He based himself at [[Amiens]] and sent large detachments to hold every bridge and ford across the Somme between Amiens and the sea. The English were now trapped in an area which had been stripped of food. The French moved out of Amiens and advanced westwards, towards the English. They were now willing to give battle, knowing they would have the advantage of being able to stand on the defensive while the English were forced to try to fight their way past them.{{sfn|Sumption|1990|pp=520–521, 522}}
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