Muna Chikumi 1297, maFrench akapinda muFlanders uye akawana kumwe kubudirira nekukurumidza. MaChirungu, pasi paEdward I, akadzokera kunotarisana nehondo neScotland uye maFlemish nemaFrench vakasaina chibvumirano chenguva pfupi muna 1297, iyo Truce yeSint-Baafs-Vijve, iyo yakamisa kupokana. Muna Ndira 1300, apo chibvumirano chakapera, maFrench akapinda muFlanders zvakare uye muna Chivabvu vaive mukutonga kwakazara kwedunhu. Guy weDampierre akaiswa mutirongo uye Philip pachake akatenderera Flanders achiita shanduko dzehutongi.Mushure mekunge Philip abva kuFlanders, mhirizhonga yakatangazve muguta reFlemish reBruges yakanangana nagavhuna weFrance weFlanders, Jacques de Châtillon. Musi waMay 18, 1302, vagari veFrance vakanga vatizira kuguta reBruges vakadzokera kuGhent uye vakakwanisa kuwana chiito chechinguva, chinozivikanwa seSint-Baafs-Vijve, chakamisa
18 May 1302