13/91 The most skilled men-of-war, and among them my Lord the Bastard and the Marshal de Boussac, mounted on the finest of war-steeds, formed the vanguard. Then under the leadership of Captain La Hire, who knew the country, came the horse of the Duke of Alencon, the Count of Vendome, the Constable of France, with archers and cross-bowmen. Last of all came the rear-guard, commanded by the lords of Graville, Laval, Rais, and Saint-Gilles.[1280] [Footnote 1280: _Ibid._, p. 71 (evidence of Louis de Coutes). Letter from Jacques de Bourbon in _La revue bleue_, February 13, 1892, pp. |