Raymond of Toulouse soon captured Albara and all its territory, slaughtering all the defenders. He appointed Peter of Narbonne as bishop, giving him half of Albara, as the first Latin bishop in east, having him consecrated in Antioch. As the crusaders were impatient to move on to Jerusalem, the leaders then had them besiege Ma'arrat al-Nu'man, to keep them occupied. The siege was begun by Godfrey of Bouillon and his brother Eustace, Raymond of Toulouse, Robert of Flanders, Robert of Normandy and Tancred, and was soon joined with reinforcements by Bohemond. There was no food, and there are many reports of cannibalism, eating the corpses of enemies. Eventually the town fell. Gouffier de Lastours was the first to climb the siege ladder. The entire population was slaughtered. There was a dispute over its ownership between Raymond, who wanted to give it to Peter of Narbonne, and Bohemond, who wanted to use it in negotiations over Antioch. Peter took over, Bohemond went and captured the towers Raymond held in Antioch. Peter could not stop the impatient crusaders from demolishing the town walls of Ma'arrat al-Nu'man so as to avoid further delay. Engelrand of St Pol died there of disease