The besiegers, confident in their strength, kept careless watch, and the sorties of the besieged became more numerous.

One night Charles received notice that his men had just been attacked in a suburb which they had held, and were flying.

He mounted his horse, gave orders not to awake the king, repaired by himself to the place where the fight was, put everything to rights, and came back and told the whole affair to Louis, who exhibited great joy.

Another time, one dark and rainy night, there was an alarm, about midnight, of a general attack upon the whole Burgundian camp.

The duke was soon up, and a moment afterwards the king arrived.