 During Lent 1340 they attacked the French near Lille, pursued the enemy into the town, were made prisoners and were sent to Paris.Philip VI of France, it was said, wished to kill them, and they were spared only through the intervention of John of Bohemia.The truce of 25 September 1340 provided for the release of all prisoners, but it was only after a heavy ransom, to which Edward III contributed, that Suffolk was freed.