page_title: Siege of Paris (1429)
section_title: The battle
hierarchical_section_title: Siege of Paris (1429) / The battle
caption_attribution_description: English: Enceinte de Charles V (detail porte SaintHonoré) on the plan of Braun and Hogenberg (c.1530, published in 1572, edition of 1593). Français&#160;: Porte Saint-Honoré de l'enceinte de CharlesV sur le Plan de Braun and Hogenberg (c.1530, publié en 1572, édition of 1593).
context_page_description: The siege of Paris was an assault undertaken in September 1429 during the Hundred Years' War by the troops of the recently crowned King Charles VII of France, with the notable presence of Joan of Arc, to take the city held by the English and the Burgundians. King Charles's French troops failed to enter Paris, defended by the governor Jean de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam and the provost Simon Morhier, with the support of much of the city's population.
context_section_description: In early September, Charles VII established his camp at the butte de Saint-Roch.
  On September 3, Joan of Arc accompanied by the Dukes of Alençon and Bourbon, the counts of Vendôme and Laval, Marshals Gilles de Rais and La Hire and their troops, lodged in the village of La Chapelle. After several days of performing recognitions and skirmishes on various gates of Paris, Joan of Arc prayed in St. Genevieve chapel.
  On the morning of Thursday, 8 September 1429, Joan of Arc, the Duke of Alençon, Marshals Gilles de Rais and Jean de Brosse Boussac began their march from the Village of La Chapelle to storm the Porte Saint-Honoré. Joan of Arc installed culverins on the butte de Saint-Roch to support the attack.
  The Parisians, believing that the Armagnacs wanted to destroy the city from top to bottom, made a vigorous defence. Joan of Arc was given the task of leading the assault to capture the city by Charles VII. 
  Joan of Arc charged towards the main gate with the French army and tried to cross the city's water-filled moat in front of the gate. The French failed to capture any section of the gatehouse and its surrounding walls and suffered extremely heavy casualties. Joan of Arc was wounded by a crossbow bolt in the thigh. Joan was then dragged away from the battlefield and was brought back to her house in La Chapelle. Although she wished to resume the attack on Paris, King Charles VII ordered her to withdraw to the Abbey of Saint-Denis. After four hours of assaulting the walls of Paris, Charles VII sounded the retreat as no progress had been made.In the end, ultimately the English won, and successfully defended Paris.
caption: The Porte Saint-Honoré a century later, in 1530 (Braun and Hogenberg plan).
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