. The great battles of all nations from Marathon to Santiago, 490 1898. y Maid and her banner they rallied and renewedthe assault. Joan rode forward at their head, waving her bannerand cheering them on. The English quailed at what they believed THE BATTLE OF ORLEANS 297 to be the charge of hell: St. Loup was stormed, and its defendersput to the sword, except some few whom Joan succeeded in sav-ins:. All her womans srentleness returned when the combat wasover. It was the first time that she had ever seen a wept at the sight of so many bleeding corpses; and her tearsfl
. The great battles of all nations from Marathon to Santiago, 490 1898. y Maid and her banner they rallied and renewedthe assault. Joan rode forward at their head, waving her bannerand cheering them on. The English quailed at what they believed THE BATTLE OF ORLEANS 297 to be the charge of hell: St. Loup was stormed, and its defendersput to the sword, except some few whom Joan succeeded in sav-ins:. All her womans srentleness returned when the combat wasover. It was the first time that she had ever seen a wept at the sight of so many bleeding corpses; and her tearsflowed doubly when she reflected that they were the bodies ofChristian men who had died without confession. The next day was Ascension Day, and it was passed by Joanin prayer. But on the following morrow it was resolved by thechiefs of the garrison to attack the English forts on the south ofthe river. For this purpose they crossed the river in boats, andafter some severe fighting, in which the Maid was wounded in theheel, both the English bastiles of the Augustins and St. Jean de. ORLEANS. Blanc were captured. The Tourelles were now the only post whichthe besiegers held on the south of the river. But that post wasformidably strong, and by its command of the bridge it was thekey to the deliverance of Orleans. It was known that a freshEnglish army was approaching under Fastolfe to re-enforce thebesiegers, and should that army arrive while the Tourelles wereyet in the possession of their comrades there was great peril of allthe advantages which the French had gained being nullified, andof the siege being again actively carried on. It was resolved, therefore, by the French, to assail the Tourellesat once, while the enthusiasm which the presence and the heroicvalor of the Maid had created was at its height. But the enter-prise was difficult. The rampart of the tete-du-pont, or landwardbulwark, of the Tourelles was steep and high, and Sir John Glads- 298 GREAT BATTLES OF ALL NATIONS da
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