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are unrecorded. The blockade of
Damietta continued. It was during this truce that, with Pelagius's permission, Francis of Assisi and Illuminatus crossed the lines and visited al-Kāmil in his camp. Pelagius and John of Brienne also conducted negotiations with al-Kāmil during this period. Dissatisfaction among the ranks remained high, since it was the troops thought that al-Kāmil was merely buying time. The sultan at one point offered to hand over
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turned inland towards the enemy camp, they saw some
Egyptians abandoning their camp, which Oliver of Paderborn took to be a ruse. The leaders held a council to decide if the offensive should be continued or if the army should return to the siege. Although John of Brienne advocated setting up camp for the night, the decision was made to retreat.
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and others drowned. During the organized retreat, the
Templars held the rear. John of Brienne was almost killed by Greek fire. Nonetheless, at one point he even launched an attack on the Egyptian line. According to several sources, the Templars remained outside the crusader camp until the last stragglers made it back.
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Although the battle of Fāriskūr was a tactical defeat for the crusaders, it was strategically insignificant. The siege of
Damietta was uninterrupted. The sultan, sending a Christian captive as an emissary, asked for a truce. Within three days of the battle, a truce had been agreed, although its terms
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During the unorganized retreat, many groups of crusaders were separated from the main army, surrounded and killed or captured. Since their camp was protected by a ditch, it had to be crossed by means of drawbridges. Some soldiers in their haste tried to climb through it. Some were killed in the press
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The size of the army that marched to Fāriskūr is not reported in any of the numerous sources. It seems to have been at least 10,000 strong. It marched lightly, without wagons or mules and with few supplies. It was to depend on the ships for supplies. The ships were to attach any
Egyptian ships they
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The naval forces were held back by insufficient winds. This crippled the army in the heat of the day, since the crusaders did not carry sufficient water for the march. A canal connected Fāriskūr to the Nile, but its water was brackish. The crusaders crossed it without resistance. As the crusaders
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The behaviour of the
Teutonic Knights at the battle of Fariskur greatly impressed contemporaries. A series of donations to the order were made in response to the battle. Walter Berthout's brother Giles made a donation in September 1219, noting also how the Teutonic Knights cared for the poorer
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For the military orders, it is known that 33–50 Templars, 30 Teutonic
Knights and 13–32 Hospitallers were killed or captured. The unnamed marshal of the Hospitallers was among the dead. A certain Sigmus de Monte was one of the few named fatalities. The list of known captives taken in battle is
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While the leaders were holding council, discipline in the ranks began to break down. Some began looting the abandoned
Egyptian camp, while others began to stray in search of water. The enthusiasm of the common soldiers, who had mocked Francis of Assisi only hours before, had evaporated.
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Damietta on 24 August, frustration in the crusader ranks reached a tipping point. The infantry and the commoners became sharply critical of the leadership and formed a council, which also included clergy and knights. According to
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that 400 knights were lost, but puts the total killed at 2,000. The lowest numbers provided by any source are 80 knights and 1,000 commoners killed. On the whole, these totals suggest that a few hundred knights and a few thousand foot soldiers were killed in action.
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joined their chaotic flight. The
Italians were to come in for heavy criticism in most written accounts of the battle. According to Oliver, Pelagius and Patriarch Ralph "begged" the men to keep in formation to no avail. The battle quickly became a rout.
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to attack al-Kāmil's camp and his ships near Fāriskūr, forcing him to retreat further and freeing up the besiegers to concentrate wholly on the city.
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238:Fariskur
233:Damietta
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139:al-Kāmil
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