Monthly Archives for November 2013


November 25: The Battle of Montgisard

On 25 November 1177 the 16-year-old King Baldwin IV led an army of 375 Christian knights against the army of Saladin which consisted of over 26,000 men. Saladin marched towards Jerusalem with the mindset that Baldwin would not dare attack him with such a small army. Saladin attacked smaller towns like Arsuf, Lydda and Rahmla, […]