The outworks having become untenable in the opinion of the soldiers, they were destroyed and abandoned.

It was deemed impossible to defend Les Tourelles thus dismantled.

Those towers which would once have arrested an army's progress for a whole month were now useless against cannon.

In front of La Belle Croix the townsfolk erected a rampart of earth and wood.

Beyond this outwork two arches of the bridge were cut and replaced by a movable platform.