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Page 59
... fled to their mountains , terrified at such vast hosts , and only met them to attack them ruthlessly . Count Raymond revenged these assaults on his soldiers by putting all the prisoners captured by him to the most cruel torture ...
... fled to their mountains , terrified at such vast hosts , and only met them to attack them ruthlessly . Count Raymond revenged these assaults on his soldiers by putting all the prisoners captured by him to the most cruel torture ...
Page 62
... fled , vainly hoping to be saved , but pursued by barbarous Mos- lems , who either killed them , or reserved the women for a slavery worse than death . The sight of such horrors , and the recital of such terrible tales , revived all the ...
... fled , vainly hoping to be saved , but pursued by barbarous Mos- lems , who either killed them , or reserved the women for a slavery worse than death . The sight of such horrors , and the recital of such terrible tales , revived all the ...
Page 67
... from sunrise to sunset . The Turks , abandoning the remains of their slain , fled in confusion back to their mountains . Then atrocities disgraceful to the pilgrims were permitted by their leaders Godfrey de Bouillon . 67.
... from sunrise to sunset . The Turks , abandoning the remains of their slain , fled in confusion back to their mountains . Then atrocities disgraceful to the pilgrims were permitted by their leaders Godfrey de Bouillon . 67.
Page 77
... fled at their approach , hailed their advent as a deliverance . The abundance of this fruitful region tempted the Latins to excess after their late hard- ships ; consequently many of them died from too great an eagerness to quench their ...
... fled at their approach , hailed their advent as a deliverance . The abundance of this fruitful region tempted the Latins to excess after their late hard- ships ; consequently many of them died from too great an eagerness to quench their ...
Page 83
... fled , went outside the walls to discover if they had left any traces of their route , they came upon the dead bodies of the Crusaders , and , furious at Baldwin's inhuman conduct , which had led to such a massacre , turned upon their ...
... fled , went outside the walls to discover if they had left any traces of their route , they came upon the dead bodies of the Crusaders , and , furious at Baldwin's inhuman conduct , which had led to such a massacre , turned upon their ...
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Alexius Antioch armour arms army arrived Ascalon attack Baldwin du Bourg battle Bernard besieged Bishop Bishop of Puy Bohemond brave brother Cæsarea called camp Christian church cloth coloured conquest Count of Edessa Count of Toulouse Count Raymond cried Croisés Crusaders death died Dieu le veut Duke of Lorraine East Edessa Edition Egyptians Emir Emperor encamped enemies Europe fear fight fled foes followed France gilt edges Godfrey de Bouillon Godfrey's Greek hands head heard Holy City Holy Land Holy Sepulchre honour Illustrations Infidels inhabitants Jeru Jerusalem Joscelin Kerboga's king King of Jerusalem kingdom knights lance Latin mail armour marched Moslems noble Norman Palestine Patriarch Peter the Hermit Phyrrhus pilgrims Pope priests princes reign returned rich Richard Saladin Saracens Saviour's sent siege soldiers sword Tancred Tancred's Templars throne tomb took Toulouse town Tripolis troops Turkish Turks valour victory walls warriors
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