The soldiers in despair at this deluge uttered many imprecations against the Saint; and looked for images of him, burning and breaking as many as they could find.

The rains sadly interfered with the progress of the siege.

The tents of the King could only be communicated with by paths laid with fascines which required to be renewed every day, as they sank down into the soil.

The camps and quarters were no longer accessible; the trenches were full of mud and water, and it took often three days to remove cannon from one battery to another.

The waggons became useless, too, so that the transport of bombs, shot, and so forth, could not be performed except upon the backs of mules and of horses taken from the equipages of the Court and the army.