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Albert 1.18-22
Anna 10.6.1-6
Gesta 1.2 ( Baldric 1.9-11; Guibert ariu
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William 1.22-26 Wa
Civitot
Marmara Helenopolis Sophon
Studies
Asbridge 101-103
France 93-95
Frankopan 85-89
Rubenstein 85-89
Runciman 128-133
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Xerigordon
Ascanian Nicaea
Malagina
Leuce
Prusa
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Turks spread false rumors 1096/10/21
Civitot
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Nicaea
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Crusader War Council 1096/10/21
Civitot
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2- {20 Oct} With Peter absent in in
Constantinople, the crusaders hold a war
council. The commanders advise waiting for
the other crusader armies and more
information, but the mass of ordinary soldiers
want to attack immediately. [Albert 19a]
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Nicaea
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Crusaders Advance towards Nicaea 1096/10/21
Civitot
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4 4- Non-combatants left at Civitot [Albert 1.19c]
Only those without weapons and the sick were left behind in the
camp, with countless of the female sex.
3- {Oct 21, morning}
[Albert 1.19b] Without delay, at the first sign of daybreak on the
Wednesday {21 Oct}, throughout the whole camp the knights and 3
foot soldiers were ordered to arm and the trumpeters to sound
the signal blasts, and all to gather together for war. Armed, then,
and all assembled, as many as twenty-five thousand foot soldiers
and five hundred knights in armour set out on the way to the
town of Nicaea in order to provoke Duke [Qilich Arslan] and the
rest of the Turks to war and to join battle with them to avenge
their brother soldiers [who had been killed at Xeriogordon].
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Nicaea
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The Turks Advance 1096/10/21
Civitot
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Nicaea
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Qilich Arslan plans an Ambush 1096/10/21
Civitot
7- [Albert 1.19c]
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When there, suddenly, was [Qilich Arslan] with all his irresistible
company he had entered the same wood from the other side, coming
7 down from the town of Nicaea, so that he would meet the Gauls in their
camp with a sudden attack and put them all to the sword,
Qi unknowing and unprepared as they were, and annihilate them.
Nicaea
Qilich Arslan withdraws to the plains 1096/10/21
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8- [Albert 1.19d]
[Qilich Arslan], who had heard the
8 approach and mighty noise of the
Christians, wondered a great deal
what this clamour meant, for
everything the Christians had
decided upon was unknown to him.
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9- [Albert 1.19d]
Immediately he realized the pilgrims were there, he spoke thus to his men: Behold, the
Franks against whom we were advancing are at hand. Moreover, you can be sure of one
thing, that they come to fight against us. But let us retreat as quickly as possible from
the forest and the mountainous regions onto the open and level plain, where we may
freely join battle with them and they will not be able to find any place of refuge. This
was all carried out without delay as [Qilich Arslan] had said, and in complete silence they left To Nicaea
the forest and mountainous regions.
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Qilich Arslan prepares an Ambush 1096/10/21
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Qilcih Arslans Battle Array 1096/10/21
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To Nicaea
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The Knights First Charge 1096/10/21
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13a-[Albert 1.20b]
When [the crusaders] saw [the Turks]
they began to comfort each other in the 13c- Crusader knights often charged impetuously when they
name of the Lord, and they sent encountered an enemy. It is quite possible that the Turks sent forward To Nicaea
forward two divisions which contained small bands of horse archers to lure and harass the knights into a
the five hundred knights. charge, after which the Turks feigned retreat. Under the right
circumstances, it could scatter the enemy and lead to victory. In other
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circumstances, as here, it could lead to disaster.
The Turks Ambush the Crusaders 1096/10/21
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Crusader forces are divided 1096/10/21
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To Nicaea
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Knights second charge 1096/10/21
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17b- With their horses tired, their charge
17 spent, and being outnumbered by the
Turks, the crusaders decide to breakout
back to their infantry. Note the crusaders
have infantry with their force.
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Surviving knights Flee 1096/10/21
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Crusader infantry panic and flee 1096/10/21
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Turkish Pursuit 1096/10/21
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Turkish Pursuit 1096/10/21
Civitot
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Nicaea
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Plunder of the Crusader Camp 1096/10/21
Civitot
25-[Albert 1.21c]
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Going into the pilgrim camp they found those
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who were there, the feeble and crippled, clerics,
monks, aged women, boys at the breast, and put
them all to the sword, regardless of age. They
took away only young girls and nuns, whose
faces and figures seemed to be pleasing to their
eyes, and beardless and attractive young men.
They carried off to Nicaea money, garments,
mules, horses, and anything of any value,
even the tents themselves.
Nicaea
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26 Assault on the Ruined Castle 1096/10/21
Civitot
26- {21 Oct/evening} Surviving crusaders
27- [Gesta 1.2d=4-5]
request aid from Constantinople. [Albert 22a]
Those who managed to escape [the Turkish pursuit]
27 fled to Kivotos. Some leapt into the sea, and others
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Nicaea
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Co Survivors Rescued by Alexios 1096/10/21
Civitot
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29- Alexios rescues the surviving crusaders
[Anna 10.6c-d] But when the Emperor received reliable information of [the
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crusader defeat], and the terrible massacre, he was very worried lest Peter
should have been captured. He therefore summoned Constantine Catacalon
Euphorbenus and gave him a large force which was embarked on ships of
war and sent him across the straits to Peter's succour. Directly the Turks saw
him land they fled. Constantine, without the slightest delay, picked up Peter
and his followers, who were but few, and brought them safe and sound to
the Emperor.
[Albert 1.22c] [Alexios] summoned his Turcopoles from all around, and all the
nations under his rule, and ordered them to go with all haste across the
straits to assist the Christians who had fled and were besieged, and there to
overcome and put to flight the Turks from the siege.
[Gesta 1.2d=5] When the emperor heard that the Turks had inflicted such a
defeat on our men he rejoiced greatly, and gave orders for the survivors to be
brought back over the Hellespont. When they had crossed over he had them
completely disarmed.
Nicaea
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Qilich Arslan returns to Nicaea 1096/10/21
Civitot
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Nicaea
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