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and may also significantly weaken his own forces disproportionately. However, as the French continued to advance against the Turks, Kerbogha began to grasp the severity of the situation (he previously underestimated the size of the crusading army), and attempted to establish an embassy between him and the Crusaders in order to broker a truce. However, it was too late for him, and the leaders of the crusade ignored his emissary.
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As the starving and outnumbered Crusaders emerged from the gates of the city and divided into six regiments, Kerbogha's commander, Watthab ibn Mahmud, urged him to immediately strike their advancing line. However, Kerbogha was concerned a preemptive strike might only destroy the Crusader's front line
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Kerbogha, now backed against a corner by the advancing French, opted to adopt a more traditional Turkish battle tactic. He would attempt to back his army up slightly in order to drag the French into unsteady land, while continuously pelting the line with horse archers, meanwhile making attempts to
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to hold off the attack. Soon, many emirs began to desert Kerbogha. Many of the Crusaders were also encouraged by the presumed visions of
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Thomas Brosset, "The First Crusade and the Failure of Kerbogha’s Campaign from Mosul to Antioch (March–June 1098): A Re-evaluation",
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An illustration of Kerbogha besieging Antioch, from a 14th-century manuscript in the care of the
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Jonathan Simon Christopher Riley-Smith; Jonathan Riley-Smith (1 April 2003).
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was ready for this, and he created a seventh division of Crusaders led by
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was a military engagement fought between the Christian forces of the
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Map of the siege and the battle of Antioch in 1097 and 1098 (1898)
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Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse
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Index

First Crusade

Antioch
Antakya
Turkey
Crusaders
Seljuk Empire
Emirate of Mosul
Emirate of Damascus
Emirate of Homs
Emirates
Bohemond of Taranto
Raymond IV of Toulouse
Adhemar of Le Puy
Godfrey of Bouillon
Robert II of Normandy
Robert II of Flanders
Hugh of Vermandois
Eustace III of Boulogne
Baldwin II of Hainaut
Tancred of Hauteville
Rainald III of Toul
Gaston IV of BĂ©arn
Guglielmo Embriaco
Kerbogha
Duqaq
Toghtekin
Janah ad-Dawla
Sindjar
Harran

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