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driven back into their stronghold.
With the English bottled up, the Armagnacs continued on, capturing
another English fort near the Les Augustins monastery. From here, the Armagnacs
held steady on the south bank of the river Loire before engaging the English
fortress of Les Tourelles the following morning on 7 May.
While Joan partook in many of the battles, she did so from a support role,
encouraging the men, boosting morale and confidence, and she also helped many
of the wounded before she was herself wounded above the breast by an arrow at
Les Tourelles. She is said to have pulled the arrow out with her own hand and
dressed the wound with oil. After treating her wound and getting some rest, she
noticed French troops retreating from the fortress. She quickly grabbed her
standard, and stormed towards the fortress. She stuck her banner into the ground
and shouted encouragement to the men to fight on.
Sir William Glasdale and his small English force, seeing that they could
Figure 7. France in the Hundred Years’ War, by
Aliesin. Published under GNU Free
Documentation License.
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