peed of his followers, had come
up at the head of fifty chosen cavaliers, and taken a part in the
combat. Upon this the Sultan sounded a retreat, and took post upon
the hills, where he trusted the Crusaders would not venture to
attack him. Soon, however, the second corps of the Christians
arrived on the field still reeking with the blood of their
brethren. They knew their comrades and companions stretched in the
dust--they became impatient to avenge them, and demanded with loud
cries to be led on to the attack; those even who had combated all
day with the first corps desired to renew the conflict. Forthwith
the Christian army was arranged for a second battle. Bohemond,
Tancred, Robert of Normandy, placed themselves the left; Godfrey,
the Count of Flanders, the Count de Blois, led the right: Raymond
commanded in the centre; the reserve was placed under the order of
D'Adhemar. Before the chiefs gave the order to advance, the priests
went through the ranks, exhorted the soldiers to fight bravely, and
gave them their benediction. Then the soldiers and chiefs drew
their swords together, and repeated aloud the war-cry of the
Crusades, 'Dieu le veut! Dieu le veut!' That cry was re-echoed from
the mountains and the valleys. While the echoes still rolled, the
Christian army advanced, and marched full of confidence against the
Turks, who, not less determined, awaited them on the summit of
their rocky asylum.

"The Saracens remained motionless on the top of the hills--they did
not even discharge their redoubtable arrows; their quivers seemed
to be exhausted. The broken nature of the ground they occupied
precluded the adoption of those rapid evolutions, which in the
preceding conflict had proved so fatal to the Christians. They
seemed to be no longer animated with the same spirit--they awaited
the attack rather with the resignation of martyrs than the hope of
warriors. The Count of Toulouse, who assailed them in front, broke
their ranks by the first shock. Tancred, Godfrey, and the two
Roberts attacked their flanks with equal advantage. D'Adhemar, who
with the reserve had made the circuit of the mountains, charged
their rear, when already shaken by the attack in front, and on both
flanks. This completed their route. The Saracens found themselves
surrounde