Battle of Jaffa
Map^ by:^ Rocio^ Espin04
Richard thwarts
Muslim flank attack
Richard observes some of Saladin’s soldiers
on foot attempting to infiltrate the town from
the north in a flanking move. He rushes with
a force to the shoreline, where he and his
men drive them off.06
Muslim emirs
lose heart
As their losses mount, the Muslim emirs
become convinced that they cannot break
the crusader formation – hence, they slow
the pace of their attacks.05
Crusader spearmen
stab horse-archers
The crusader crossbowmen inflict significant
casualties on the horse-archers as they ride
along the Christian lines. Richard eventually
orders his spearmen to lunge forward and
attack the horse-archers that pass by them.03
Crusader spearmen
hold their ground
The Muslim horse-archers make repeated
headlong charges against the crusader lines.
When the spearmen in the front rank of the
crusader army hold their ground and do not
flinch, the horse-archers turn aside and ride
across the front of the enemy lines, loosing
arrows at close range.07
Richard leads
a mounted charge
Richard leads a mounted counterattack
accompanied by his ten most valiant lords
and senior knights into the centre of the
Muslim host. They drive a deep wedge into
the enemy formation and slay a large number
of lightly armoured horsemen.08
Saladin withdraws
Having gained no headway against
Richard’s well-led army, Saladin breaks
contact and leads his army west to its camp.01
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