The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-01-12

fRi II 20 the oronnd and the standard fell at {
the time with him but Wiliiam OF ttIoI,GI
the enemy and raised the standard from the
ground, held It erect, and aloft.
What deeds of valor the leader OF iea sOons
Duke Godfrey performed; what the courageous
Bohemond accomplished; what an lllpstrloG1s
band of brave. Christian knights aehieVeu,
neither the tongue could tell nor tne n"I no
man Of ours there that day q laggard, ana noS
one O coward, nor even If there conid DC iounI
one, was the opportunity anSIas@ = - ni fiabt
| for the enemy in overwhelming numoerS
| pressed upon each man, and the more OF our
Toes were killed, the more the numbers Oh tneln mem
! determiued to Eight, seemed to increase they
| gathered around our men as swarm thiekehs
| upon swarm of flies upon rotten carcase.
! And so fought the Crusaders q long, ues-
perate fight until at last WEAKNESS oppressed
their limbs with this unending combat; ana "a
this ceaseless carnage, and yet the number OF
| the foe prepared to fight ana WlhnS 10 con-
bat was not apparently diminjshed.
/ And then it was that there was seen 10 uer
i scend from the mountains numerous army on
| KNIGHTS in white armor, whose standard bearor |
and leaders were George, Maurice and Deme- |
trius ,,el
Il These were first discerned by the Bishop of
with a loud voice 80 Christian warriors! be-
hold there is the aid that God has promised to
And as our soldiers looked upon these white
knights they would assuredly, but for the hope
, they had in the Lord, have been stricken Win
! AS to the enemy, when they beheld the
l | white kniRhts, q mortal terror seized upon
:, them, and placing their shields upon t tDen
;. backs they turned right away from our men,
n and fed from the Crusaders as fast as each man
n could.
r The Turks who had taken up position near
a the sea NO sooner saw the flight of their COM
| rades than they set fire to the grass that lay at
f. their feet as o signal to those in their encamP;
ment to retreat in all n"sse anG yemoSe
II Tho Turks who were in the mountains, re.
o cognizing the signal which had been agreed
upon, that instant decamped with all the spoils
Ia thew were able to bear away. Bot of what
ID avail was it to them to do SO, when they were
" not allowed to retain possession OF that treas
"a that they had been defeated, and that our sol.
ir diers were pursuing them, at once intercepted
" and slew them.
is of Flanders gathering together all the knights
n under their command, rode in compact bodXy
Is. towards the water where the Sattle was ssaa'
On raging, and where the enemy, though defeateo
w was still prolongng the struggle. Then did
IT. these valiant knights break in upon the zoe
nd with such tremendous charge that sney CON n
- which they were retreating. And then tness
in knights, in order that they might pursue tn
"a enemy with greater effect, mounted the horses
m. Of ttose whom they had slain, and removing
re the brides frem the heads of their own steeds
which an insufticiency. of food had RENDERED
,rd weak and inefficient, they permitted the POO
DO animals to range at large through the oattie
In field.
Oh, the wonderful virtue and immense PoWs
The of the Almighty Cod Thy soldier. Q Lord
,ne who had been afflicted with long fast, wa
now pursuing q brawny aud well-fed zoe, an
de- the strong was SO much afraid OF the YEA ~
18th that he dare not much as look bacK az ~
vns own wealth. from which he was forced to d!
his Thy spirit, Lord, was in the heart OF Th
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' pidity for spoil retarded Thy soldiers ln.ti
the work of war; no avaricous desire LOT Weait
so delayed them what they wanted, what tne
lsou Tkt for vh "
! it ed, was victory-a complete victory:
at AS the butcher in the slaughter-hoIse use ma n,
,un- were the Turks by our soldiery. Blood spirit.
from the bodies Of the wounded, and the du
the rose in clouds under the hoofs OF 1ne "a
as horses, and the air was darkened, and den
men cloud hung over the battlefield. giving 70 I
ad- scene of fight the appearance which the ear
side presents on misty morning. avail hill, a.
and and forces, and repel the attack of our men.
bs CHRISTIAN Rs Knight named Gerald de Mlo
moot came unexpectedly upon !far4s; asaa :,
v ny Of a. Christian soldier That death, howev
,orns was not long unavenged. 1t was observed
NAN those who followed close upon the heels OF
men Juno Drogo and Thomas and Clarenbald, o
the other valiant youths belonging to the divis
I'd as of Hugh the Great, who, without mom aa
.med hesitation, charged the enemy, and in SO 90
met with a desperate resistance. In that r
addi- ton of the held there was io9gnS an a"
ched combat; but Goa neiPing, an0 sno n" ~
nflot our men increasing, tne enemy s M1 az
,ides. dispersed. sOa tnaG sPoc esReosamy ~ -,
rusa- mense quantity OF pioou W"S suoSA ~ a.
carer enemy fed all sides. They struggled
It one more, but eacn one uleo 10 sAso n'iA'oAA "
ines could. 100 ,.,t;,
q mo- Inc pufsub OF Ine euemJ Isns,r
lrned the Pharfar Bridge ana tne Castie VI ANY s
first and farther than these our n1eu co" 80
battle because nlgnt came on' anu WIZ a go
foe and not until then, tne carnage cease" "n'
nemy battle was at an emu. ~, .,,.
one hundred Thousand horsemen, but as to
ion footmen they were SO numerous Inas .ne Ho
m b. of the dead were consioereo W Ee oo" :
citing AS to the weariea CnIstan ian h;oi as
rks of marching BACK 70 1ne cry, Ma1SH y so
ovvers paired to the encampment of their foes,
: - there found suf1iciency of food tosupply t
a fias wants; for our enemies had, before the lei