De la Noue took the command of the two hundred horsemen.

The Admiral declined to ride, and placed himself at the head of the column of infantry, which was three hundred strong; thirty of the original defenders having been either killed or disabled, and twenty being left as a guard at the chateau.
The surprise of the Catholics was complete.

Three hundred were killed.

Two hundred, including their commander, De Brissac, and thirty other gentlemen, were made prisoners.

The remaining six hundred escaped in the darkness; their arms, armour, and the whole of the horses falling into the hands of the victors, who halted at the village until morning.
"Well, De Brissac," the Count de la Noue said, as they started on their return, "the times have changed since you and I fought under your father in Italy; and we little thought, then, that some day we should be fighting on opposite sides." "Still less that I should be your prisoner, De la Noue," the other laughed.