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which
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it pay were to be made «Ivrea.
3u these terms by accepting a
en 2,000 and 3,000 to depart
y rai) 99111 wfaattwer.1 J
to release the Muslim prisoners ^
\ irestpre ffefi f #f&|xte to its former state ; and the third,
importantv ^yas the establishment of & £m k and
t h^ prince was now master of the whole of Syria,
|cèptiòn o f one fortress, which still held oui!-, This
d s ‘a «striking example of the protracted resistance
W - he I màdh /by a fortress, even when eompletely
d. Owing td the noble defence of Ooo rad o$ hfonfcserrat,
cient pity* of Tyre resisted all the efterbs of the Muslims
under Salah-od-din till the third army of crusaders reached the
coast of Sy ria in the'early part of 1191. This timely reinforcement
not only saved the last stronghold of the Christians, but
it put Jhe Franks in a condition to eommenee the siege of the
neighbouring fortress of *Akka. witfe « lore* n i ssAstry
and /pitM) Ttei -srsuy was, however, ;;« if*?» placed
airnostm a blockade oy ?ft*.; -/«u ftaMh-ed-din,
occupied :V: i s rear from El
;i f f ht: I ell Ayadiuya. My Urawmg troops from
P '^ S w 0“®1' plac es, an; >; c-um prince acquired^ the
#si; ;c; point o f nvtmo. o, when a bloody but indecisive
d- ¡u two days ’ *k place, which was followed by
pafelast was disadvantageous to the F
f t a ' : . : »n«KI«l - i n m . i n W . «.J.A +A...........
“M, ajo
m e h the
i t r a t of a
;d b y m e a n s o f p a r a l l e l t r e n c h e s
n ow n ; a n d s i e g e o p e r a t io n s c o n s is te d
:s b e tw e e n t h e o p p o s in g parties*,. w h ic h
b lo o d s h e d o n b o th s id e s . S c a r c e l y
i w i th o u t a p o w e r f u l s o r t i e b e in g m a d e
t a c k b e in g m a d e b y t h e b e s ie g e r s on
o n e o f th e s e t h e F r a n k s p e n e t r a t e d
of. attack. ■?•
chieflyiujiu
wèró-attend!
a ‘dqy^wss al
feoni'the“ólc
of tbii-I-Fiirai, H 1663,
ill