them in front.

M. de Vergetot, on his side, continued to advance, so that the Calvinists
and the Catholics were soon face to face. The battle began on both sides
by a volley; but Cavalier having seen his cavalry emerging from a
neighbouring wood, and counting upon their assistance, charged the enemy
at the double quick. Catinat judging by the noise of the firing that his
presence was necessary, charged also at a gallop, falling on the flank of
the Catholics.

In this charge, one of M. de Vergetot's captains was killed by a bullet,
and the other by a sabre-cut, and the grenadiers falling into disorder,
first lost ground and then fled, pursued by Catinat and his horsemen,
who, seizing them by the hair, despatched them with their swords. Having
tried in vain to rally his men, M, de Vergetot, surrounded by a few
Irish, was forced in his turn to fly; he was hotly pursued, and on the
point of being taken, when by good luck he reached the height of Gamene,
with its walls of rock. Jumping off his horse, he entered the narrow
pathway which led to the top, and entrenched himself with about a hundred
men in this natural fort. Cavalier perceiving that further pursuit would
be dangerous, resolved to rest satisfied with his victory; as he knew by
his own experience that neither men nor horses had eaten for eighteen
hours, he gave the signal far retreat, and retired on Seyne, where he
hoped to find provisions.

This defeat mortified the royal forces very deeply, and they resolved to
take their revenge. Having learnt by their spies that on a certain night
in November Cavalier and his band intended to sleep on a mountain called
Nages, they surrounded the mountain during the night, so that at dawn
Cavalier found himself shut in on every side. As he wished to see with