The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-13
ANCIENT HISTORY.
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s. saladin TO despoii this land.
no. zith obstinate resistance an
'.4--e long hiz army aux rushin' in
ID ~efreat towards Egypt Allow
e., szy rite here that the biggest
docs not ANYWAYS whip: neither
,ne biggest country. Russia.
-..r nearly twice the population OF
,-..- couldn't do thing with that
80 little country. Why2 The
r,,.t Architect OF Heaven an ov
-~.s holds nations and kingdoms in
49,. heart OF His hand. He decides
s..,res an everythin else. Wars
,,gsc great empires TO crumble an
lash Wars change the map ov the
uorld: they bring IN the train ov re-
eyIts both Joy an sadness, fortune
an misfortune.
before Saladin could reach Egypt
,f,er the campaign above mentioned,
thousands ov hiZ troops had died
from exposures. etc. Hiz arrival at
Csiro yuz marked with the results
nv battle, hunger an thirst. But he
.,ui looked with longing eyes toward
the riches ov the East In the CON-
mencement ov this the next campaign
h.z army wuZ defeated at the battles
as Aleppo and Mossul, an the cru
sadrrs had assembled a feet in the
Red Sea which threatened the de-
struction or capture ov Mecca an
Medina. But Abubecker, the vice
row in Egypt, fitted out a feet which
g!jz commanded by Lulu, which de-
yeated the European expedition an
gave renewed hope to Saladin. He
again entered the provinces ov the
East an went from siege to siege,
battle to battle, like some fierce ami
NAL which had just learned It's own
strength an ability to destroy.
After runnin' a triumphant course
through Syria he entered Palestine
an created terror After obtainin'
possession ov Alleppo and Mossul, he
again aimed a blow at the Holy
Land. For three years Saladin gain
ed points over the army ov the cru
SADIE. Various cities had fallen, in
cludin' Tiberias. By this time Lusig-
nan, King ov Jerusalem, had heard
somethin' ov Saladin, an he begged
the privilege ov meetin' him in bat
tie Saladin sent him word that he
must be quick about bit for he wuz
a busy man. So the King ov Jeru-
salem got a hump on himself. The
two armies met on the banks ov the
river Jordan an Saladin wiped up
the earth with the army from Jerusa-
lem an took the King prisoner; also
Arnold, Lord ov Carac. The King ov
Jerusalem wuz treated kindly. But
Carac wuz put to death by Saladin's
own hand because he had inflicted
many miseries upon the followers ov
Mohamet. He soon captured several
cities, an findin' practically no fur
Their opposition, he marched directly
to Jerusalem an soon began efforts
to capture the wonderful old city.
The garrison made a powerful de-
fence, but after Saladin had made
breach in the wall the commander
offered to capitulate. Saladin re-
fused the terms an vowed that he
would sack an destroy the city. Hiz
cruel threats aroused the people ov
Jerusalem an they determined to
pursue desperate, an, we think, I'M
justifable, tacticks. However, hit
wuz their fife, an I'll not try to med
die at this late day. Pub!ick notice
wuz given that the rulers ov Jerusa-
lem would put about five thousand
prisoners ov war to death to prevent
any rescue in case the besiegers were
victorious; an in order that no Euro
pean might be exposed to their re-
venge, they decided to destroy anvil
their own women an children az
precaution, which gave an idea az to
the desperate situation. That no
booty be found, they resolved to de-
stroy everythin' ov value in the city,
such az money, jewels, etc. Havin'
leveled the rock which the Malone
tans held sacred, they were to sally
forth beyond the walls ov the city an
fight until victory perched upon their
banner or the last man had fallen.
Talk about your Spartan bravery!
The Spartans were awl rite; so were
the citizens ov Jerusalem. But Prov
idence would not have it so. The
very bravery ov the citizens an sol
diers ov Jerusalem moved Saladin to
reasonable course an he notified
the army an citizens in the city that
he would accept a certain amount oy
money an that the people an prop
erty ov the city would be safe Thus
most critical situation wuz safely
passed through, for Saladin carried
out hiz promises.
Az ever, ZEKE BILKINS.