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Protestants managed to make three breaches in the city wall but failed at the pont Saint-Cyprien. Coligny's force then formed up for open battle on the dunes, confusing the
Catholic defenders. The defenders won an important victory defending the Tison mill, but towards the end of the month the Protestants continued to bombard Pré-Abbesse from the third breach, getting as far as the église Sainte-Radegonde. On 25 August both armies stopped, just before the Protestant camp was ravaged by dysentery, killing many of its leaders.
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Peace did not immediately return after the siege was lifted, though
Poitiers' successful resistance was interpreted as a sign of divine providence opening the way to a new era of victories for the most orthodox Catholic forces. The damage from the siege was repaired little by little, though the abbey
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From 26 to 30 July
Coligny built his camp and dug siegeworks around the city. On 27 July he began to bombard the city's castle, but it suffered no damage. The Protestants built a bridge over the river. On 31 July the defenders used all sorts of traps and projectiles to repulse those attacking through
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Protestant cannon fired on the city wall and the tour du pont Joubert was destroyed. Coligny tried to breach the wall near the tour du pont Joubert, firing on the defensive structures for three days. Over the course of August the
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The size of the opposing forces is uncertain, but Martin
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Western French provinces such as Aunis, Angoumois and Poitou saw continual confrontations between
Protestants and Catholics but for a time Poitiers itself remained undamaged despite being close to these conflicts. However, the prince de Condé was killed at the
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was away besieging Niort from 20 June 1569 onwards, a siege which dragged on. However, when
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