No sooner had the dust settled on the Romano British in-fighting for control of the West Country than the Picts and Irish were taking advantage raiding the Romano British territories. With forces spread more thinly the Comte and Mauricius were finding it hard to cover all their bases. To the Picts and Irish it was a bit like one of those trolley dashes at the supermarkets except it involved actual cattle and chicken rather than the butchers choice cuts with the added spice of fighting the security guard.
The Irish swerved the Comte and hit his thinly defended lands in Brittany whilst the Picts raided in Mauricius' home territories. As both these areas were behind the front lines the best troops weren't available to defend the farmsteads and though the defenders did get to the settlements as the raiders were just leaving the raiders got away with their ill gotten livestock and baubles.