. Saladin and the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. ights of the Hospital and the Temple thatwere prisoners were executed, to the number of twohundred, but the King and the chief nobles werewell used and sent to Damascus. The field longbore the marks of the bloody fight where 30,000 Christians were said to have fallen. A year after-wards the heaps of bleaching bones could be seenfrom afar, and the hills and valleys were strewn withthe relics of the horrid orgies of wild beasts. * The accounts of Reginald of Chatillons execution vary in represent Saladin as offering him the choice
. Saladin and the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. ights of the Hospital and the Temple thatwere prisoners were executed, to the number of twohundred, but the King and the chief nobles werewell used and sent to Damascus. The field longbore the marks of the bloody fight where 30,000 Christians were said to have fallen. A year after-wards the heaps of bleaching bones could be seenfrom afar, and the hills and valleys were strewn withthe relics of the horrid orgies of wild beasts. * The accounts of Reginald of Chatillons execution vary in represent Saladin as offering him the choice of Islam—a usualformality—and on his refusal cutting off his head. Others say hewas killed outside the tent by the guard. 2l6 Saladin. [1187 The scene of the battle which overthrew theChristian Kingdom of Jerusalem had been sanctifiedby tradition for many centuries. The Horn ofHittin was believed to be the very Mount of Beati-tudes where the Saviour taught the people theblessedness of peace. The Mount now bore witnessto not peace, but a SEAL OF REGINALD OF ARCHERS STORY OF THE CRUSADES. CHAPTER XIV. JERUSALEM I87. THE Saracens spent the night of the battlein rejoicing and giving thanks. The war-cryand the credo were shouted by thousands oftriumphant voices; God is Most Great, Thereis no god but God, was echoed from mouth tomouth until the dawn. The Moslems might well re-joice. The victory of Tiberias had laid all Palestine attheir mercy. The Kingdom of Jerusalem was at anend. Its King and almost all its nobles were prisoners,and hardly a leader was left to rally the broken rem-nant of the Crusaders. Since they entered the HolyLand ninety years before, they had never knownsuch disaster. It was the death-blow to their domin-ion, and never to this day has Christendom recoveredwhat it lost on the memorable Feast of St. two months, from Beyrut in the north to Gaza inthe south, the whole of Palestine, save a few isolatedcastles of the m
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