 But the Protestants returned and sacked the abbey of Maillezais in reprisal, damaging the cathedral.In 1588 the Duc de Joyeuse and the Catholic army besieged Maillezais and forced the surrender of the Huguenot garrison, but in the last days of December, the Huguenot forces led by Théodore-Agrippa d'Aubigné retook the city.D'Aubigné took up residence in the episcopal palace.