Warwick castle and its earls : from Saxon times to the present day . ons must be defensive as in offensive war great feats of armswere done by English soldiers. Lord Talbots ford-ing of the Somme, with the waters up to his chin,to relieve Crotoy, is one great case in point. But theend was coming, though it came slowly. There wasa day when Rouen rose in revolt against its garrison,and even Cherbourg fell, and the fortresses of Guiennesurrendered, and a peace had to be agreed to wherebyCalais alone of the French towns remained in Englishhands. Of the Earl of Warwick the chronicles o
Warwick castle and its earls : from Saxon times to the present day . ons must be defensive as in offensive war great feats of armswere done by English soldiers. Lord Talbots ford-ing of the Somme, with the waters up to his chin,to relieve Crotoy, is one great case in point. But theend was coming, though it came slowly. There wasa day when Rouen rose in revolt against its garrison,and even Cherbourg fell, and the fortresses of Guiennesurrendered, and a peace had to be agreed to wherebyCalais alone of the French towns remained in Englishhands. Of the Earl of Warwick the chronicles of thetime give us a good many glimpses. In 1427 wefind him besieging the town and castle of Montargiswith about three thousand men. The account of theoperations may be summarised from de Waurin. They surrounded the town, and fortified theircamps, building bridges over the river for intercom- 126 -* The House of Beauchamp munication. The Earl of Warwick had his quartersin an abbey outside the town. They besieged andbattered the town with their engines for about two. pzx^^^ljfl
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