The Vendeans received unshaken the discharge of the artillery of the Blues, pursuing their usual tactics of throwing themselves to the ground when they saw the flash of the cannon, and then leaping up again and rushing forward with loud shouts.

The cavalry were ordered to charge, but only twenty men obeyed.

The rest turned and fled.

The infantry offered but a feeble resistance and, in ten minutes after the first gun was fired, the Republican army was a mob of fugitives.

Fontenay was taken and, what pleased the peasants even more, their beloved cannon, Marie Jeanne, was recaptured, having been recovered by young Foret who, with a handful of peasants, charged the cavalry that were covering the retreat, and snatched it from their hands.
After this victory the peasants, as usual, returned for the most part to their homes.
As there was no probability of further fighting at the moment, Jean Martin and Leigh started for the chateau.