Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus: . JERUSALEM: AN HISTORICAL SKETCH whîch had been vainly tried on the east of the cîty,was advanced with greater efïect on the north sideof the wall, near the gâte called after Herod; andwhen once the city had been entered on this side, theforces of Raymond of Toulouse entered without diffi-culty from the west and south. The vanquishedMoslems sought refuge partly in the Haram area,and partly in the Tower of David. In the formerplace a massacre took place, in which the slain areestimated by Arabie writers, accustomed to exag-gerate, at 70,000; while the other refu
Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus: . JERUSALEM: AN HISTORICAL SKETCH whîch had been vainly tried on the east of the cîty,was advanced with greater efïect on the north sideof the wall, near the gâte called after Herod; andwhen once the city had been entered on this side, theforces of Raymond of Toulouse entered without diffi-culty from the west and south. The vanquishedMoslems sought refuge partly in the Haram area,and partly in the Tower of David. In the formerplace a massacre took place, in which the slain areestimated by Arabie writers, accustomed to exag-gerate, at 70,000; while the other refugees appear tohâve been sent in safety to Askalon by the efiforts ofCount Raymond. The impression created by thenews in the Moslem world was vast. An attemptwas made at Baghdad, its centre, to start a rival cru-sade for the delivery of the captured city, but thetime was not yet ripe amid Moslem dissensions forsuch an enterprise. Godf rey was appointed ruler of the reclaimed city,where he refused on religious grounds to bear
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