 Beaumanoir observes that "we have none of the highest of Brittany ... neither a Blois, nor a Leon, nor a Rohan, nor a Conan, fights in our ranks this day".Conan was in fact the personal name of several Dukes of Brittany.In the jousts that thus ensue, the English arms are initially routed with Bambro' killed and Nigel felled, severely wounded.