. The story of Bayard : the good knight without fear and without reproach . POPE LEO FHE TENTH from the portrait. CHAPTER XXIX How Bayard was sent to fight for the Kingdom of Navarreagainst the King of Spain—His Brave Deeds—TheSiege of Pampeluna and the Disastrous Retreat of theFrench Army. THE next war in which Bayard was engaged wasthat in which Louis XII. was engaged to defendhis own country, which at this time was attackedby the King of Spain in Navarre, and Gasconywas threatened. Henry VIII. was at the sametime preparing to invade the north of France,landing near Calais, and the Swiss wer
. The story of Bayard : the good knight without fear and without reproach . POPE LEO FHE TENTH from the portrait. CHAPTER XXIX How Bayard was sent to fight for the Kingdom of Navarreagainst the King of Spain—His Brave Deeds—TheSiege of Pampeluna and the Disastrous Retreat of theFrench Army. THE next war in which Bayard was engaged wasthat in which Louis XII. was engaged to defendhis own country, which at this time was attackedby the King of Spain in Navarre, and Gasconywas threatened. Henry VIII. was at the sametime preparing to invade the north of France,landing near Calais, and the Swiss were alreadypouring into Burgundy. The Good Knight was sent by the King, hismaster, to join in Guyenne an army of 25,000men under the command of Charles, Duke ofBourbon and of the Duke of object of the expedition was to recover thekingdom of Navarre for Jean dAlbret, King of Navarre, by his marriage with Catherine de Foix, 207 208 THE STORY OF BAYARD It had been forcibly usurped by the King ofSpain, chiefly because Jean dAlbret was loyal toLouis XII. It was an unfortunate undertakingon the p
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