This apparent miracle of the Virgin in their favour re-animated the spirit of the defenders; and a solemn service was instantly held in the church in her honour, and prayers were offered to her to save Lutece, which was the original name of Paris, and was still cherished by its inhabitants.
The Danes were occupied all day at their work of filling up the moat.
The besieged were not idle, but laboured at the construction of several mangonels capable of casting huge blocks of stone.

In the morning the Danes planted their battering-rams, one on each side of the tower, and recommenced the assault.

The new machines of the defenders did great havoc in their ranks, their heavy stones crashing through the roof of bucklers and crushing those who held them, and for a time the Norsemen desisted from the attack.
They now filled three of their largest vessels with combustibles, and placing them on the windward side of the bridge, set them alight.

The people of Paris beheld with afright these fire-ships bearing down upon the bridge, and old and young burst into tears and cries at the view of the approaching destruction, and, led by the archbishop, all joined in a prayer to St.Germain, the patron saint of Paris, to protect the city.

The exulting Danes replied to the cries of those on the walls with triumphant shouts.