Regardless of the rest of the battle he pressed ever forward, until at the end of the day, wounded in a hundred places and fainting from loss of blood, he fell from his horse almost at the gates of Poitiers, and was borne from the field by the four faithful squires who had fought beside him throughout the day.
Less fortunate was Sir Eustace D'Ambrecicourt, who spurred headlong upon the German cavalry.

A German knight rode out to meet him, and in the shock both were dishorsed, but before Sir Eustace could recover his seat he was borne down to the ground by four others of the enemy, and was bound and carried captive to the rear.
In the meantime the English archers kept up their incessant hail of arrows upon the band under the French marshals.

The English men-at-arms passed through the gaps purposely left in the line of archers and drove back the front rank of the enemy upon those following, chasing them headlong down the hollow road again.

The few survivors of the French force, galloping back, carried confusion into the advancing division of the Dauphin.
Before order was restored the Captal De Buch with his six hundred men issued forth from his place of concealment and charged impetuously down on the left flank of the Dauphin.

The French, shaken in front by the retreat of their advance guard, were thrown into extreme confusion by this sudden and unexpected charge.