Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-08-10
THE CRUSADERS
A. D. 1248

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| oay gave Heaven and as much OF lns
III = they could get, so the true
s.u.x.rs made haste to occupy goodlJ
"a fyuItful possessions Of Christian
- -.r. including the Holy Land The
.r, were useful as slaves.
NJ, having been consulted In this
liter. the Christians took offense'
..tina war upon Islam In seven warm
-mnaIrus, wherein they held and lost
5, turns the holy sepulcher, so that
=. country was always drenched with
Mod In the end, our crusades were
not q success.
ibout Saint Louis and the sixth cru
nde:
Al the opening Of the story, that
loly delightful king Of France lay so
,.sr death that his two lady nurses
ND squabble, the one pulling a cloth
nr his face because he was dead,
mile the other snatched it away be-
oue he was still alive. At last he
.at the pair of them to fetch the
mss on which he vowed to deliver
,be Holy Land. Then he had to get
VEIL 50 he did, sending word TO his
hroas to roll up their men for war.
Among the mobiles was the young
Lord Of Joinville, seneschal Of Cham
uue-a merry little man with eight
hundred pounds a year Of his own.
But then, what with an expensive
mother, his wife, and some little wor-
RES, he had to pawn his lands before
be could take the field with his two
hIghts-banneret, nine knights, their
men-at-arms, and the servants. He
shared with another lord the hire of
ship from Marseilles, but when they
joined his majesty in Cyprus he had
only few pounds left, and the knights
would have deserted but that the king
gave him staff appointment at eight
hundred pounds year.
The king was holy saint, glo-
rous knight errant, full of fun, but a
thoroughly incompetent general. In
stead Of taking jerusalem by surprise,
he must needs raid Egypt, giving the
soldan Of Babylon the Less (Cairo)
plenty Of time to arrange a warm re-
eephon. The rival armies had a battle
! 1.-THE beach, after which Saint Louis
sdovn in front of Damietta, where
Mimad time to middle his commits
niat
I'd The other hand, the sedan was
MOI 1t all well, having been poisoned
vsnsal prince, and paid no heed to
le carrier pigeons with their despair
ns messages from the front. This dis
outraged the Moslems, who abandoned
Dametta and fled inland, hotly pur-
soeq OF the French. AS a precaution,
however, they sent round their ships,
'Mcn collected the French supplies
proceeding to the front. The Chris
uans mad plenty of fighting and deal
VI Starving to do, not to mention pestf-
e snce In their ill-managed camps. So
lucy came to a canal which had to be
"'aseo, but the artful paynim cut
.'ay tne land in front Of the bridge
lau, 50 that there was no ground on
"alen the French could arrive. In the
~ lhe christians had to swim and, as
ue' were heavily armored, many were
lV"ned In the mud. Joinville's party
'unu dry crossing upstream, and
lei troubles began at the enemy's
-up' whence the Turks were flying.
nere In the camp JoinvIlle's detach-
Guy was rushed by six thousand
~ us who pressed upon me with
va iances. My horse knelt under
! weight, and fell forw ard over the
ase ears. got up as soon as ever
.Ouio with my shield at my neck, and
sword In my hand.
Asain a great rout Of Turks came
as upon US, and bore nae to the
, .au and went over me, and caused |
: shield to fly from my neck
~ the little party gained the wall |
ruined house, where they were |
-. e's oeset: Lord Hugh Of Ecot with
aS ~ ,anee wounds In the face, Lord
sse,ick OF Loupey with a lance
!, y oet"een the shoulders. so large
!. ne blood flowed from his body as /
!, 'ne Dunghole OF cask, and my
~ VI slYery with a sword stroke TX
" that his nose fell over his
/, 10'nliie, too badly wounded TO
!, vas holding horses, while Turks
!. az ehnibed 10 the roof " ere prod
~ .'''h above with their lances.
.se. saA's Anjou 10 the rescue, and
] ~ 'ne King with his main army.
!, -" became general engage
|. nN''' slowly the Christian force
. ~"fN hackwand upon the river.
!. ss' Naq become very hot, and the
.lSs fas covered wlth lsnees and
M, "''d with horses snd n.en
, sp''s and penshlng.
. .s~ " DE JolnYllle's position .
4 ~. 'l'ffpd lhe river, snd across
,a ~. N''ase by which ths gurss
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