He reached that city on the 12th October.

The English returned to their own country.

The campaign of 1557 was closed without a material result, and the victory of Saint Quentin remained for a season barren.
In the mean time the French were not idle.

The army of the Constable had been destroyed but the Duke de Guise, who had come post-haste from Italy after hearing the news of Saint Quentin, was very willing to organize another.

He was burning with impatience both to retrieve his own reputation, which had suffered some little damage by his recent Italian campaign, and to profit by the captivity of his fallen rival the Constable.