Mediæval and modern history . ^^ Caesure ^ ~ Holy Lance and Ordeal of Bartholomew 229 set out for Syria. At a place called Dorylaeum, in Phrygia,the Turks fell upon and almost overwhelmed one of thecolumns before the other could render assistance. But theprowess of the Christian knights at last achieved a completevictory over the Turkish hordes. After this defeat the Moslems did not risk another en-counter, but resorted to desolating the country in front of theLatin army. So thoroughly was the work done, that the cru-saders marched for five hundred miles through a land desertedahke by friend a
Mediæval and modern history . ^^ Caesure ^ ~ Holy Lance and Ordeal of Bartholomew 229 set out for Syria. At a place called Dorylaeum, in Phrygia,the Turks fell upon and almost overwhelmed one of thecolumns before the other could render assistance. But theprowess of the Christian knights at last achieved a completevictory over the Turkish hordes. After this defeat the Moslems did not risk another en-counter, but resorted to desolating the country in front of theLatin army. So thoroughly was the work done, that the cru-saders marched for five hundred miles through a land desertedahke by friend and foe, and which yielded scarcely anythingfor themselves or their animals. Almost all their horses died,and their own ranks were terribly thinned. Arriving at Antioch, at this time one of the most populouscities of the East, the crusaders at once invested the a siege of seven months, the city fell into their handsthrough treachery (1098). 199. The Holy Lance and the Ordeal of Bartholomew. —Scarcely w
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