The epigraph above relates to the campaign leading to the Battle of Crécy, but could equally well apply to the prince's chevauchées of 1355 and 1356. The continuing provocation could no longer be tolerated by King Jean and his forces were gathering to pursue and confront the prince. Thus, after the prince's departure from Romorantin, until the Battle of Poitiers fought in the vicinity of Nouaillé-Maupertuis two weeks later to the day, both armies entered a new phase of manoeuvre. For King Jean, it has been generally accepted that, during the coming days, he had to continue to marshal his forces and maintain contact with the Anglo-Gascon army in order either to bring it to battle in a favourable position for the numerically superior French forces, or to trap it and cut it off from its route back to Gascony and force its surrender. For the prince, however, there have been two distinctly different views concerning his objective. The predominant view has been that the Black Prince was seeking to avoid battle and that he was attempting to disengage and return to Bordeaux with his booty. The other view is that his objective was to join battle provided that this could be done in a favourable position, and that he manoeuvred his army accordingly, ensuring that he avoided becoming trapped in the process.