1229; in that year, Muslim forces attacked Jerusalem, and the city’s Christian population, who had found shelter in the citadel, sent for succor (help) to Jaffa. A Christian army hastened towards the holy city, while a light-mounted ‘reconnaissance-in-force’ was dispatched ahead of the main body in order to investigate what lay between the main army and Jerusalem, and to make contact with the besieged, assure them of the approaching relief.
Turcopoles
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1229; in that year, Muslim forces attacked Jerusalem, and the city’s Christian population, who had found shelter in the citadel, sent for succor (help) to Jaffa. A Christian army hastened towards the holy city, while a light-mounted ‘reconnaissance-in-force’ was dispatched ahead of the main body in order to investigate what lay between the main army and Jerusalem, and to make contact with the besieged, assure them of the approaching relief.