At the Pass of Marteras, not far from the castle, the governor's division met the main body of the enemy.
"A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees"
Edwin Asa Dix
When any were so worsted or out of breath that they could not longer support the fight, they seated themselves near a large ditch full of water in the middle of the plain, when, having taken off their helmets, they refreshed themselves; this done, they replaced their helmets and returned to the combat, I do not believe there ever was so well fought or so severe a battle as this of Marteras in Bigorre, since the famous combat of thirty English against thirty French knights in Brittany.
"A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees"
Edwin Asa Dix