Boucher de Molandon, _Premiere expedition de Jeanne d'Arc_, p.

65, proofs and illustrations, note xv.] On the morning of the 29th the barges, which had been anchored at Checy, crossed the Loire, and those who were with the convoy loaded them with victuals, ammunition, and cattle.[945] The river was high.[946] The barges were able to drift down the navigable channel near the left bank.

The birches and osiers of l'Ile-aux-Boeufs hid them from the English in the Saint-Loup bastion.

Besides, at that moment, the enemy was occupied elsewhere.

The town garrison was skirmishing with them in order to distract their attention.