But, confident in their armour of proof, and in the cover which their situation afforded, the followers of Front-de-Boeuf, and his allies, showed an obstinacy in defence proportioned to the fury of the attack and replied with the discharge of their large cross-bows, as well as with their long-bows, slings, and other missile weapons, to the close and continued shower of arrows; and, as the assailants were necessarily but indifferently protected, did considerably more damage than they received at their hand.
Makacsságuk, amellyel a várat védelmezték, nem maradt hátra a támadók dühös elszántsága mögött. A tartós, kiapadhatatlan nyílzáporra mindenféle fajtájú íjaikkal, parittyával és más hajítószerszámaikkal válaszoltak.