the english continued to capture land in france and formed an alliance with burgundy. they won another major victory at the battle of verneuil, but in 1429, joan of arc led the french to success at the siege of orleans. at the battle of patay the same year, french knights, led by la hire, won a great victory, and the heavy cavalry killed most of the veteran english longbowmen. joan regained many cities in northeastern france and brought charles vii to his coronation, but she did not recover paris.