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assisted by the Count de Dunois, made so vigorous a sally
from the city, that the English turned their whole force to
oppose them, and suffered the convoy to pass unmolested
into Orleans.
This success astonished the English ; they appeared like
men disconcerted and infatuated ; the common soldiers be-
gan to believe all the stories propagated by the French,
concerning the supernatural power of Joan ; while their
officers were struck with the masterly manner in which
every thing was disposed and executed on the side of the
besieged. The latter had now even the boldness to think of
investing the works of the besiegers. Accordingly, a body
of volunteers, more hardy than wise, agreed to sally out of
the city, the same day the convoy entered, and attack the
tower of St. Loupe, on the side of the Beausse.
Joan, fatigued with the service of the morning, had retired
to rest; but when she awoke, she received the disagreeable
news that the volunteers had been repulsed, and were then
making a precipitate retreat back into the city. Alarmed at
this defeat, she instantly sallied out to stop their shameful
flight, while the Count de Dunois posted himself at the
head of another party, to cut off all communication between
the fort that had been attacked, and Lord Talbot’s quarters.
Joan no sooner appeared, than the fugitives recovered their
strength, their spirits, and their courage. The fortune of
the day was changed ; the English were driven back to their
tower, which Joan, with her party, entered almost at the
same time. Scarcely a man of them escaped being put to
the sword, and the tower wras immediately razed to the
foundation, while Lord Talbot was obliged to remain an idle
spectator.
This amazing success roused Joan’s enthusiastic partisans
to the highest point of fury. Nothing was now considered
as impossible. She even urged the generals to attack the
main body of the English in their intrenchments; but Du-
nois, unwilling to hazard the fate of France by too great
assisted by the Count de Dunois, made so vigorous a sally
from the city, that the English turned their whole force to
oppose them, and suffered the convoy to pass unmolested
into Orleans.
This success astonished the English ; they appeared like
men disconcerted and infatuated ; the common soldiers be-
gan to believe all the stories propagated by the French,
concerning the supernatural power of Joan ; while their
officers were struck with the masterly manner in which
every thing was disposed and executed on the side of the
besieged. The latter had now even the boldness to think of
investing the works of the besiegers. Accordingly, a body
of volunteers, more hardy than wise, agreed to sally out of
the city, the same day the convoy entered, and attack the
tower of St. Loupe, on the side of the Beausse.
Joan, fatigued with the service of the morning, had retired
to rest; but when she awoke, she received the disagreeable
news that the volunteers had been repulsed, and were then
making a precipitate retreat back into the city. Alarmed at
this defeat, she instantly sallied out to stop their shameful
flight, while the Count de Dunois posted himself at the
head of another party, to cut off all communication between
the fort that had been attacked, and Lord Talbot’s quarters.
Joan no sooner appeared, than the fugitives recovered their
strength, their spirits, and their courage. The fortune of
the day was changed ; the English were driven back to their
tower, which Joan, with her party, entered almost at the
same time. Scarcely a man of them escaped being put to
the sword, and the tower wras immediately razed to the
foundation, while Lord Talbot was obliged to remain an idle
spectator.
This amazing success roused Joan’s enthusiastic partisans
to the highest point of fury. Nothing was now considered
as impossible. She even urged the generals to attack the
main body of the English in their intrenchments; but Du-
nois, unwilling to hazard the fate of France by too great