Footnote 367
From the deposition of Jean de Dunois: "...And this letter was sent
to my lord Talbot, and I attest that
from that hour the English, who with two hundred men could
previously rout
eight hundred or a thousand of the King's troops, after that point
four or five hundred soldiers could fight
against practically the entire strength of England, and they
several times thus overpowered the besieging English soldiers to such an
extent that they [the English] didn't dare to leave their refuges and fortresses."
For the relevant section of his testimony as it appears in the original, see
DuParc's "Procès en Nullité...",
Vol I, p. 320.
For translations, see
Oursel's "Les Procès de Jeanne d'Arc", pp. 245 - 246, and Pernoud's "The Retrial of Joan of Arc",
pp. 122 - 123.
Jean Lullier echoed this in his deposition: "...she summoned
the English by a letter containing, in substance, that the English
should be willing to withdraw from the siege and go to the Kingdom of
England, otherwise they would be forced to withdraw by force. From that hour the
English were terrified, nor did they have as much power to resist
as previously, but indeed a small number of those from the town
would often fight against a great multitude of the English, and
several times so greatly overpowered the besieging English soldiers
that they didn't dare leave their fortresses."
For the relevant section of his testimony as it appears in the original, see
DuParc's "Procès en Nullité...",
Vol I, p. 331.
For translations, see
Oursel's "Les Procès de Jeanne d'Arc", p. 254, and Pernoud's "The Retrial of Joan of Arc",
p. 129.