In the days immediately before the Battle of Hastings, Norman foraging parties scoured the area around the future battlefield for food and intelligence. These parties encountered and skirmished with local English levies and refugees from the earlier Norman ravaging. The foraging operations informed William's scouts of Harold's approach from Caldbec Hill and helped trigger the Norman decision to advance at dawn on 14 October rather than await the English attack.
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