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Tuesday 28. December

All the day our cannons did play hotly on the enemy then towards evening we made ready to give an assault upon the barricado hard by Harrico with some 400 hagabushers, and so on at a quick march firing all the way and cutting at the defenders with halberds but to no avail and we were repulsed and driven back to our trenches with heavy hakabush fire from the defenders.

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Today’s attack is attested to in Valdory.

Valdory, G. Relation du siège de Rouen en 1591, par Valdory, précédée d'une notice bibliographique et historique par E. Gosselin, in Société rouennaise de bibliophiles, Société rouennaise de bibliophiles, No. 14, 1871.

KnoWoPerWriMo

Wednesday 29. December

This day the weather was unseasonably warm and sunny, such a pleasant change from that which has been our constant companion for the past month, we can only pray that it might continue a bit longer; the cannons played off and on through the afternoon and after supper we assembled in the trenches for another try upon the counterscarp but in spite of our prompt arrival we did wait and until about 3 of the clock in the morning and in the meantime I and some of my fellows slept a while, then we made our way up to the frontmost trench and running very quick we fought our way onto the counterscarp and overcame the defenders who ran back to fellows, those who drank not of the cup of eternal sleep, and so we set up gabions to hold this place and strengthened ourselves with more powder and shot and sat us down to watch for the rest of the night and finally just before dawn St. John his troop did relieve us and so back went we to our quarters very weary and cold from this nights exertions.

Today’s attack is attested to in Valdory. It actually takes place over the night of the 29-30th, the 3am is 3am on the 30th.

Valdory, G. Relation du siège de Rouen en 1591, par Valdory, précédée d'une notice bibliographique et historique par E. Gosselin, in Société rouennaise de bibliophiles, Société rouennaise de bibliophiles, No. 14, 1871.