[3] On 1 January 1329, King John of Bohemia arrived at Toruń wishing to engage in the holy crusade against pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

[4] He brought many noblemen, including Walter VI, Count of Brienne,[4] and Bolesław III the Generous with his brothers, and soldiers from Silesia, Germany, England.

[2] The king also brought poet Guillaume de Machaut so that his exploits could be memorialized in poems and songs (the campaign was described in Confort d'ami written in 1357).

[2] Teutonic ambitions were high as parallels were drawn with King Ottokar II of Bohemia and his 1255 campaign, which resulted in the conquest of the Sambians.

[2][4] According to Jean d'Outremeuse, the vanguard of the Teutonic army first raided and appropriated livestock of Gelindėnai Hillfort in the present-day Plungė District Municipality perhaps in an attempt to provoke a pitched battle.

[5] Chronicler Wigand of Marburg mentioned that the Grand Master Werner von Orseln wanted to kill them all or at least resettle them in Prussia.

[2] Plans for a further military campaign in Samogitia were scrapped and the Teutonic army returned home to deal with the war with Poland.