The quarters of Monsieur were at Dompierre; the quarters of the king were sometimes at Estree, sometimes at Jarrie; the cardinal''s quarters were upon the downs, at the bridge of La Pierre, in a simple hou without any entre. So that Monsieur watched Bassompierre; the king, the Dubsp;d''Angouleme; and the cardinal, M. de Sberg.
As soon as this anization was established, they t about driving the English from the Isle.
The juncture was favorable. The English, who require, above everything, good living in order to be good soldiers, only eating salt meat and bad biscuit, had many invalids in their camp. Still further, the a, very rough at this period of the year all along the a coast, destroyed every day some little vesl; and the shore, from the point of l''Aiguillon to the trenches, was at every tide literally covered with the wrebsp;of pinnacles, res, and feluccas. The result was that even if the king''s troops remained quietly in their camp, it was evident that some day or other, Bugham, who only tinued in the Isle from obstinacy, would be obliged to rai the siege.
The quarters of Monsieur were at Dompierre; the quarters of the king were sometimes at Estree, sometimes at Jarrie; the cardinal''s quarters were upon the downs, at the bridge of La Pierre, in a simple hou without any entre. So that Monsieur watched Bassompierre; the king, the Dubsp;d''Angouleme; and the cardinal, M. de Sberg.
As soon as this anization was established, they t about driving the English from the Isle.
The juncture was favorable. The English, who require, above everything, good living in order to be good soldiers, only eating salt meat and bad biscuit, had many invalids in their camp. Still further, the a, very rough at this period of the year all along the a coast, destroyed every day some little vesl; and the shore, from the point of l''Aiguillon to the trenches, was at every tide literally covered with the wrebsp;of pinnacles, res, and feluccas. The result was that even if the king''s troops remained quietly in their camp, it was evident that some day or other, Bugham, who only tinued in the Isle from obstinacy, would be obliged to rai the siege.