But an English invasion would secure him from attack by Lewis till his forces could be reorganized; and with the same unscrupulous selfishness as of old Charles pledged himself to co-operate and called on Edward to cross the Channel.

In July Edward landed with an army of twenty-four thousand men at Calais.

In numbers and in completeness of equipment no such force had as yet left English shores.

But no Burgundian force was seen on the Somme; and after long delays Charles proposed that Edward should advance alone upon Paris on his assurance that the fortresses of the Somme would open their gates.

The English army crossed the Somme and approached St.Quentin, but it was repulsed from the walls by a discharge of artillery.