Aftermath of The Battle
As Edward, the Black Prince, wrote shortly afterward in a letter to the people of London:
"It was agreed that we should take our way, flanking them, in such a manner that if they wished for battle or to draw towards us, in a place not very much to our disadvantage, we should be the first ... the enemy was discomfited, and the king was taken, and his son; and a great number of other great people were both taken and slain"See also Ransom of King John II of France.
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