Stanley Lane-poole

Saladin and the Fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem Stanley Lane-poole

Publisher Marketing: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ..." thick as a flight of locusts," which unhorsed many of the enemy. Then with a shout the Moslems charged like one man, and a hand-to-hand fight ensued. Saladin was in every part of the field, exciting, encouraging, restraining his men, as the urgency required, and using the Arab's tantalising tactics--retreat before a charge, followed by in1187 The Battle of Hittin. 211 De Expugn., 223. f Baha-ed-din is misled by his fondness for Fridays into placing the date of the battle a day too soon. Imad-ed-din, Ibn-el-Athir, Abu-Sli.tni i, Ernoul, and the De Expugn., all say Saturday. Imad-ed-din, Abu-Shama, 63. f Abu-Shama, 70 stant pursuit of the retiring cavalry. Exhausted as they were, the Christian knights fought like heroes. " But the grip of fear was on the throats of the crowd, who went Like driven beasts to shambles evident; They reckoned on sure disaster and dismay, And knew they would be among the visitors of the tombs next day: Yet the fury of the fight never slacked, And every knight his opposite attacked; Till the triumph (of the Faithful) was achieved, And ruin came on those who misbelieved." The Frank infantry, maddened with thirst, scorched by the burning sun, and blinded by the flame and smoke of the bush which the Moslems had fired, lost their formation, neglected the combination with the knights which was the only hope of victory, and wildly struggled to push towards the lake in a desperate longing for water: but Saladin barred the way. They found themselves crowded in a heap on the top of a hill, and to the King's repeated entreaty that they would come down and do their devoir for Cross and Throne, they sent word that they were dying of thirst and could not fight. Thenceforth the infantry took no part in the battle: the Saracens... Contributor Bio:  Lane-Poole, Stanley Surname is hyphenated in modern bibliographies, though not in this book.