[Footnote 1099: The number of the English who defended Les Tourelles is given in _Le journal du siege_ as 400 or 500; in Charles VII's letter as 600; in _La relation de la fete du 8 mai_ as 800; in _La chronique de la Pucelle_ as 500. It is impossible to fix exactly the number of the French, but they were more than ten times as many as the English. The English losses, by Guillaume Girault, are said to have been 300 slain and taken; by Berry, 400 or 500 slain and taken; by Jean Chartier, about 400 slain, the rest taken; by _La chronique de la Pucelle_, 300 slain, 200 taken; by _Le journal du siege_, 400 or 500 slain besides a few taken. By Monstrelet, in the MSS., 600 or 800 slain or taken; in the printed editions, 1000; by Bower, 600 and more slain. The losses of the French are said by Perceval de Cagny to have been 16 to 20 slain; by Eberhard Windecke, 5 slain and a few wounded; by Monstrelet, about 100. The Maid estimated that in the various engagements at Orleans in which she took part "one hundred and even more" of the French were wounded.] When in the black darkness, along the fire-reddened banks of the Loire, the last cries of the vanquished had died away, the French captains, amazed at their victory, looked anxiously towards Saint-Laurent-des Orgerils, for they were still afraid lest Sir John Talbot should sally forth from his camp to avenge those whom he had failed to succour. Throughout that long attack, which had lasted from sunrise to sunset, Talbot, the Earl of Suffolk and the English of Saint-Laurent had not left their entrenchments. Even when Les Tourelles were taken the conquerors remained on the watch, still expecting Talbot.[1100] But this Talbot, with whose name French mothers frightened their children, did not budge. He had been greatly feared that day, and he himself had feared lest,[1101] if he withdrew any of his troops to succour Les Tourelles, the French would capture his camp and his forts on the west. [Footnote 1100: _Journal du siege_, p. 88.] [Footnote 1101: Perceval de Cagny, p. 147. _Chronique de la Pucelle_, p. 295.]