From this base, they will plunder the surrounding areas until nothing has the remaining value and then they move to another more fertile position. This force not only completely devastated the land where they went through, but also made local people focus their resources on defense at the local level and therefore the financials submitted to central authority in Paris is becoming less and less, making French financial situation even worse. Beer If lost or drunk please return to bestie – I’m the help – I’m the bestie shirt. On July 5, 1346, Edward III sailed from Portsmouth with about 750 ships and 7,000-10,000 soldiers beginning a major attack from the Channel. Accompanied by Edward, the Black Prince (Edward of Woodstock) – his son was nearly 16 years old, recently appointed Prince of Wales. On July 12, Edward landed at Hague in the Cotentin Peninsula of Normandy. Jean Froissart wrote in his chronicle as follows:
