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After his coronation Charles VII. accepted a short term armistice suggestion of the duke of Burgundy. Joan of Arcs plan to march directly to Paris was thereby derailed. Nevertheless the attack was executed some time later, but then the enemy had had enough time to send in reinforcements. The attack was struck back under heavy losses of the French. Charles VII. extended the armistice with duke Philip of Burgundy to April 1430. As a gesture of goodwill he dismissed the main part of his army. A new army was raised not until October 1429 in Bourges.
Philip of Burgundy used this armistice with Charles VII. for military purposes. In April 1430 he prepared to besiege Compiegne in order to create a passage to Paris. Joan of Arc and her army hurried to the loyal city's aid. She ordered a sortie which was succesful in the first place. But the Burgundians got the upper hand and the french army had to retreat. To prevent the burgundian army from taking the city, the commander of Compiegne pulled up the drawbridge and closed the city's gates. Joan of Arc, her brother Pierre and Jean d'Aulon were cut off from retreat. They were taken prisoner by the Burgundians.
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