III. FIRST VISIT TO VAUCOULEURS. FLIGHT TO NEUFCHATEAU. JOURNEY TO TOUL. SECOND VISIT TO VAUCOULEURS 61 IV. JOURNEY TO NANCY. ITINERARY FROM VAUCOULEURS TO SAINTE-CATHERINE-DE-FIERBOIS 91 V. THE SIEGE OF ORLEANS FROM THE 12TH OF OCTOBER, 1428, TO THE 6TH OF MARCH, 1429 106 VI. THE MAID AT CHINON--PROPHECIES 145 VII. THE MAID AT POITIERS 187 VIII. THE MAID AT POITIERS (_continued_) 204 IX. THE MAID AT TOURS 217 X. THE SIEGE OF ORLEANS FROM THE 7TH OF MARCH TO THE 28TH OF APRIL, 1429 230 XI. THE MAID AT BLOIS. LETTER TO THE ENGLISH. DEPARTURE FOR ORLEANS 243 XII. THE MAID AT ORLEANS 258 XIII. THE TAKING OF LES TOURELLES AND THE DELIVERANCE OF ORLEANS 296 XIV. THE MAID AT TOURS AND SELLES-EN-BERRY. TREATISES OF JACQUES GELU AND JEAN GERSON 318 XV. TAKING OF JARGEAU. THE MEUNG BRIDGE. BEAUGENCY 345 XVI. THE BATTLE OF PATAY. OPINIONS OF ITALIAN AND GERMAN CLERKS. THE GIEN ARMY 368 XVII. THE AUXERRE CONVENTION. FRIAR RICHARD. THE SURRENDER OF TROYES 403 XVIII. THE SURRENDER OF CHALONS AND OF REIMS. THE CORONATION 435 XIX. RISE OF THE LEGEND 461 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS VOL. I JOAN OF ARC _Frontispiece_ From a painting by Deruet. _To face page_ HOUSE OF JOAN OF ARC AT DOMREMY IN 1419 12 VIEW OF ORLEANS, 1428-1429 106 PLAN OF ORLEANS 258 CHARLES VII 444 From an old engraving. JOAN OF ARC CHAPTER I CHILDHOOD