that remained outside had no means of avoiding capture. According to the Burgundian chronicler Georges Chastellain and other sources, Burgundian troops soon surrounded the rearguard and shouted at Joan of Arc to surrender, eager to capture such a famous figure. She refused. Finally, a Burgundian crossbowman, "a rough and very sour man", maneuvered his horse behind her and "grabbed the edge of her cloth-of-gold doublet, and threw her from her horse flat to the ground". She then surrendered to Lionel, Bastard of Vendôme, who was in the service of the Count of Ligny. Guillaume de Flavy was blamed by some sources for allegedly ordering the drawbridge raised behind the rearguard. Although the defense of Compiègne was eventually successful several months later when the Burgundian army was forced to withdraw, nonetheless accusations of misconduct regarding Joan of Arc's capture caused the decline of de Flavy's career. Footnotes Citations References Further reading Joan of Arc bibliography 1430 in Europe 1430s in France Compiegne 1430 Compiegne 1430 Compiegne 1430 Conflicts in 1430 History of Oise