"By my martin" (staff of command), said she, "the place would have been taken." One hope still remained.

In concert with the Duke d'Alencon she had caused a flying bridge to be thrown across the Seine opposite St.Denis.

The next day but one she sent her vanguard in this direction; she intended to return thereby to the siege; but, by the king's order, the bridge had been cut adrift.

St.Denis fell once more into the hands of the English.

Before leaving, Joan left there, on the tomb of St.Denis, her complete suit of armor and a sword she had lately obtained possession of at the St.Honore gate of Paris, as trophy of war.
From the 13th of September, 1429, to the 24th of May, 1430, she continued to lead the same life of efforts ever equally valiant and equally ineffectual.