They were doing what had been done on the 29th of April, and for the same reason:[1016] namely, occupying the English while the barges corn-laden were coming down the river to the moat.

On the top of their high hill, in their strong fortress, the English had easily held out albeit they were but few; and the French King's men can hardly have been able to make head against them, since the Maid and Sire d'Aulon found them scattered through the fields.

She gathered them together and led them back to the attack.

They were her friends: they had journeyed together: they had sung psalms and hymns together: together they had heard mass in the fields.

They knew that she brought good luck: they followed her.