A group of Franks, after performing the pilgrimage and returning to Rafaniyya, set off for Apamea but became lost; they ended up in Shayzar, where the men were killed and the women and children taken as booty. Nadra, a woman of Shayzar, took part in the massacre, locking three Franks in her house and having them killed by neighbours. A Frankish knight killed Sabah b. Qunayb, one of Usama's knights, with a spectacular thrust of his lance: it cut through three of his ribs on each side and still had enough force to slice his elbow in two. Mayyah, a Kurdish soldier of Usama's, had just been married and was wearing a red surcoat over his armour, drawing the attention of a Frank, who killed him. While a group of Shayzar men were on their way to al-Ruj, they came across some Franks hiding in a cavern and Numayr al-'Allaruzi went in to fight them. He killed one of the Franks, but received from another a slash across the face which rmoved his left eye. Usama himself, during a Frankish attack near Shayzar, thought he had killed a knight from Antioch, who fell sideways, dropped all his weapons and lost his helmet; but the man was wearing mail under his tunic, so he returned to the saddle unharmed. Nadi al-Sulayhi, an Egyptian, had two disfiguring scars, which he suffered on a raid into Palestine from Askalon. One he received from a Frankish pilgrim whom he killed, the other from the man's wife, who smashed into his face a pot she was carrying