Of the actions of this small crusade in the Holy Land little is known. Several crusaders managed to complete their pilgrimage to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Muslim territory, where some of them were knighted. It is likely that the army avoided any military confrontations with the Baibars' forces in anticipation of the arrival of the armies of the Eighth Crusade. The army of King Louis IX of France (who took the cross in March 1267) did not go to the Holy Land in any case, instead attacking Tunis in 1270. Likewise, the Lord Edward's crusade did not arrive in Acre until 1271. They could have taken part in the defence of Antioch, which fell to Baibars on 18 May 1268. Most of the Upper Rhenish crusaders returned home in the period 1269–1270.