. Saladin and the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. or surrender of city aftercity, castle after castle. Tortosa (Antartus) wasthe first to feel the brunt of his wrath, for his un-usually harsh treatment of the city shows that hisill-success at Tripolis had galled him. Arriving onthe 3rd of July, he formed his army in a crescentround the place, from sea to sea, and ordered an im-mediate assault. It was carried before the followershad time to pitch the Moslems tents; and theysacked, and burnt, and razed it to the ground. Ofthe two castles, however, only one was destroyed ;the Templars Tower res
. Saladin and the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. or surrender of city aftercity, castle after castle. Tortosa (Antartus) wasthe first to feel the brunt of his wrath, for his un-usually harsh treatment of the city shows that hisill-success at Tripolis had galled him. Arriving onthe 3rd of July, he formed his army in a crescentround the place, from sea to sea, and ordered an im-mediate assault. It was carried before the followershad time to pitch the Moslems tents; and theysacked, and burnt, and razed it to the ground. Ofthe two castles, however, only one was destroyed ;the Templars Tower resisted all assaults and had tobe left, a standing support to the Christians. Valeniawas deserted by its inhabitants; but the great fort-ress of Margat defied capture. Jebela opened itsgates, and its citadel surrendered on Friday the15th of July. On the following Friday the garrisonof Ladikia capitulated; on the Friday after that,Saone (Sahyun), the great castle of the Hospitallerson the hills, was carried by assault, but the Sultan * Ernoul, CASTLE OF SAHYUN (SAONE). 1188] Campaign in the North. 247 held the garrison and people to ransom on the sameterms as at Jerusalem.* On three Fridays in Augustfell the twin fortresses of the Orontes, Bukas andesh-Shughr, hitherto deemed impregnable, and thetown of Sarmin. The capture of six strongholds onsix successive Fridays assured the Moslems that theprayers of the faithful on the day of worship hadbeen accepted, and they remembered the sacredpromise that a good deed done on Friday wouldbe doubly rewarded in Paradise. Barzuya, on the east of the Orontes, a fort sostrong that its impregnability became a proverb, wascarried by assault after hard fighting on the 23rd ofAugust ; its defenders were made prisoners, and theMoslems were laden with the spoils. Only the gov-ernor and his relations, who were kin to the Prince ofAntioch, were set free and escorted to their them were a newly married couple whom theSaracens had r
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