Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . a maiden had come fromheaven to save France. Clad in armourand mounted on a white horse, she wasplaced at the head of an army torelieve Orleans. With shouts of triumph,the French assaulted thetowers built by the Eng-lish besiegers before thecity, and carried English command-ers gave up in despair,and the next day re-treated. The maidurged a hot pursuit, andinflicted another severedefeat on the led the king toRheims, the old corona-t
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . a maiden had come fromheaven to save France. Clad in armourand mounted on a white horse, she wasplaced at the head of an army torelieve Orleans. With shouts of triumph,the French assaulted thetowers built by the Eng-lish besiegers before thecity, and carried English command-ers gave up in despair,and the next day re-treated. The maidurged a hot pursuit, andinflicted another severedefeat on the led the king toRheims, the old corona-tion city of France, andthere in the great cathe-, dral, July 17th, 1429, sheI saw with joy the crownplaced upon his now led the triumph-ant French armies tothe siege of Paris, butthe attack was a failure,and she herself was wounded. After this she met with littlesuccess, and she felt that her mission was accomplished. In the following spring the Burgundians took Joan pris-oner and sold her to the English. She was tried as a witchand condemned to be burned. The French king madeno effort to save her, She died declaring to the last. Statue of Joan of ArcPlace des Pyramid es, Paris 1453] YORK AND LANCASTER 103 that the voices which urged her to go against the Englishcame from God, and Jesus was the last word she. uttered before the smoke and flame stopped her voiceforever. An English soldier standing by cried out interror, We are lost! We have burned a saint! The final defeat of the English was at hand, for theFrench spirit of patriotism had at last been aroused. Bed-ford was compelled to return to England, and during hisabsence the French gained rapidly. After his death, theBurgundians and French united against the En2;lish, andParis was soon won back. A truce was made, and the youngEnglish king, Henry VI, married Margaret, a princess ofAnjou. But before long the French reconquered Normandyand some coast towns, and England, out of all herpossessions, was allowed to retain
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