Her description was here suddenly interrupted by the signal for assault, which was given by the blast of a shrill bugle, and at once answered by a flourish of the Norman trumpets from the battlements, which, mingled with the deep and hollow clang of the nakers, (a species of kettledrum,) retorted in notes of defiance the challenge of the enemy. The shouts of both parties augmented the fearful din, the assailants crying, “Saint George for merry England !” and the Normans answering them with loud cries of “ En avant De Bracy!⁠—Beau-seant! Beau-seant!⁠—Front-de-Boeuf à la rescousse! ” according to the war-cries of their different commanders.