377-387], who was present and hotly engaged in the fight.

We will quote word for word, however, the account of Henry IV.

himself, who sent a report four days afterwards to his sister Catherine and to the Constable Anne de Montmorency.

To the latter he wrote on the 8th of June, 1595, from Dijon, "I was informed that the Constable of Castile, accompanied by the Duke of Mayenne, was crossing the River Sane with his army to come and succor the castle of this town.

I took horse the day after, attended by my cousin Marshal de Biron and from seven to eight hundred horse, to go and observe his plans on the spot.