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17 Oct 1244 — near Gaza, an allied Frankish–Damascene army is destroyed by Egyptian forces and Khwarezmian mercenaries who had just sacked Jerusalem. The crusaders never field an army this size again.
This is one scene of Chapter 11 — Baibars and the End in The Crusades, 1095–1291.
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