Crusades · BATTLE SITE ·
Battle of Arsuf (1191)
On the Crusades map as “Arsuf”
7 Sep 1191 — marching down the coast in a disciplined box, Richard absorbs Saladin’s harassment and then breaks him in open battle. It proves the crusaders can still win a field fight — but not that they can hold the interior.
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- Battle site
- Chapter
- Third Crusade (chapter 7 of Crusades)
- Atlas
- The Crusades, 1095–1291
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