Cathelineau sent reinforcements to his troops, and these pressed on so hotly that Berthier, who had had a horse shot under him, was obliged to fall back; and the exulting Vendeans rushed forward and carried the faubourg of Fenet.
Dommaigne, with his cavalry, charged the cuirassiers and the German Legion.

There was a sharp fight.

Dommaigne was killed, and the colonel of the German Legion desperately wounded; but a body of the Vendean infantry, coming up, took the cuirassiers in flank with their fire, and they fell back into Saumur.
General Menou had been in the thick of the fight, and had three horses killed under him.

He sent another battalion to reinforce Berthier but, as soon as they came within shot of the Vendeans, they broke and fled.
The two line battalions, reinforced by four companies of gendarmes, kept up a heavy fire.

The artillery until now had zealously supported them, but their ammunition was failing.