Protestantism in France From Death of Francis I to Edict of Nantes - James Aitken Wylie

had time to reform, and wearied with fighting, and
unable, to sustain this onset of fresh troops, they
went down before the cavalry of the duke.[11]
Guise's stratagem had succeeded. Victory passed
over from the Huguenot to the royalist side.
The carnage was great. Eight thousand dead
covered the field, among whom was La Brosse,
who had begun the massacre at Vassy. The rank
not less than the numbers of the slain gave great
political consequence to the battle. The Marshal St.
Andre was killed; Montmorency, severely
wounded, had surrendered himself prisoner; and
thus, of the three Triumvirs, Guise alone remained.
The battle of Dreux had crowned him with a
double victory, for his immediate appointment as
lieutenant-general of the kingdom, and
commander-in-chief of the army, placed France in
his hands.
This battle left its mark on the Huguenot side
also. The Prince of Conde was taken prisoner at the
very close of the action. Being led to the headquarters
of Guise, the duke and the prince passed
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