Far from being in a position to attempt a new attack, they were not likely to be able to hold out long in their bastions.

At the end of April there were four thousand English before Orleans and perhaps less, for, as it was said, soldiers were deserting every day; and companies of these deserters went plundering through the villages.

At the same time the city was defended by six thousand men-at-arms and archers, and by more than three thousand men of the town bands.

At Saint Loup, there were fifteen hundred French against four hundred English; at Les Tourelles, there were five thousand French against four or five hundred English.
By their retreat from Orleans the _Godons_ abandoned to their fate the small garrisons of Jargeau, Meung, and Beaugency.[89] The Battle of Patay gives us some idea of the condition of the English army.

It was no battle but a massacre, and one which Jeanne only reached in time to mourn over the cruelty of the conquerors.