maturing their plans. In the meantime the French weighed and

dropped down towards the mouth of the estuary on which Sluis then lay. Knighton says, as far as Grogne; and one of the continuators of De Nangis says, in the direction of Catat; but no places bearing these names can he identified. How far, in the subsequent action, the English were assisted, either on land or afloat, by the Flamands is a matter of doubt. Edward's account of the subject is obscure. English writers deny that any assistance was rendered; and although some French and Flamand writers^[1] assert that help was given, their versions of what occurred are vague and unsatisfactory.

The Lower Netherlands
(From a map by Thomas Kitchin, ex. 1750)

Nor have some other details, which would be of assistance to