 On 7 June, just a few weeks after the uprising began, Cale drew his forces up on a hill near his hometown of Mello and awaited the arrival of a force of nobles and mercenaries commanded by King Charles II of Navarre, which had been despatched to crush the rebellion.In an attempt to distract the advancing force, Cale sent 800 men to Meaux, where the Dauphin was sheltering with his family.Dauphin Charles fled, leaving his wife and daughter to be besieged in the castle of Marché.