There was a short but sanguinary contest, the garrison resisting with uncommon bravery.

Suddenly an entrance was effected through a tower which had been thought sufficiently strong, and which had been left unguarded.

Coligny, rushing to the spot, engaged the enemy almost single-handed.

He was soon overpowered, being attended only by four men and a page, was made a prisoner by a soldier named Francisco Diaz, and conducted through one of the subterranean mines into the presence of the Duke of Savoy, from whom the captor received ten thousand ducats in exchange for the Admiral's sword.

The fighting still continued with great determination in the streets, the brave Andelot resisting to the last.