[The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) by Anatole France]@TWC D-Link bookThe Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) CHAPTER V 50/98
And when this was done, the fort of Les Tourelles was abandoned to the English with no great regret. The latter set up a rampart of earth and faggots on the bridge, breaking two of its arches, one in front, the other behind their earthwork.[516] [Footnote 514: _Journal du siege_, p.
4.] [Footnote 515: _Ibid._, pp.
7-8.
Lottin, _Recherches_, vol.i, pp. 208, 210.] [Footnote 516: _Journal du siege_, pp.
5-8.] On the Sunday, towards evening, a few hours after the flag of St. George had been planted on the fort, the Earl of Salisbury, with William Glasdale and several captains, went up one of the towers to observe the lie of the city.
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