A portion of Saladin's army, which had …
Years: 1187 - 1187
May
A portion of Saladin's army, which had entered the Kingdom at Raymond III's fief of Tiberias, attacks the Jerusalem embassy and meets the Crusaders at the Battle of Cresson on May 1.
Balian and Reginald had stopped at their own castles on the way, but Joscius is present at the battle.
The Muslims had feigned a retreat, a common tactic which should not have fooled Gerard; nevertheless, he had ordered a charge, against Roger's advice, and the knights had been separated from the foot-soldiers.
The Muslims easily repulse a direct Christian attack, killing both the exhausted knights, and, later, the foot-soldiers.
Gerard is wounded, but survives; however, almost all the others are killed.
According to the Itinerarium, however, Gerard did not rashly engage the enemy, but was actually caught unaware and was the victim of an attack himself.
The Itinerarium also records the exploits of a certain Templar named Jakelin de Mailly, who, after all his companions had been killed, fought single-handedly against the throng of Muslims until he too fell.
Locations
People
- Amalric II of Jerusalem
- Baldwin V of Jerusalem
- Guy of Lusignan
- Humphrey IV of Toron
- Isaac II Angelos
- Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus
- Isabella I of Jerusalem
- Joscius
- Raymond III of Tripoli
- Raynald of Châtillon
- Richard I of England
- Ruben III
- Saladin
- Sibylla
Groups
- Arab people
- Armenian people
- Kurdish people
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Muslims, Sunni
- Muslims, Shi'a
- Syrian people
- Flemish people
- Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad)
- Cyprus, East Roman (Byzantine)
- French people (Latins)
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Armenia, Baronry of Little, or Lesser
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored
- Antioch, Principality of
- Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of
- Palestine, Frankish (Outremer)
- Italians (Latins)
- Tripoli, County of
- Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem
- Templar, Knights (Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon)
- Jaffa and Ascalon, County of
- Egypt, Ayyubid Sultanate of
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Years: 1187 - 1187
May
Locations
People
- Amalric II of Jerusalem
- Baldwin V of Jerusalem
- Guy of Lusignan
- Humphrey IV of Toron
- Isaac II Angelos
- Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus
- Isabella I of Jerusalem
- Joscius
- Raymond III of Tripoli
- Raynald of Châtillon
- Richard I of England
- Ruben III
- Saladin
- Sibylla
Groups
- Arab people
- Armenian people
- Kurdish people
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Muslims, Sunni
- Muslims, Shi'a
- Syrian people
- Flemish people
- Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad)
- Cyprus, East Roman (Byzantine)
- French people (Latins)
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Armenia, Baronry of Little, or Lesser
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored
- Antioch, Principality of
- Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of
- Palestine, Frankish (Outremer)
- Italians (Latins)
- Tripoli, County of
- Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem
- Templar, Knights (Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon)
- Jaffa and Ascalon, County of
- Egypt, Ayyubid Sultanate of
Topics
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions