Certainty: 3 From Arqah to Jerusalem: coastal cities ransomed Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Arrival of crusading army before Jerusalem: positions in the siege Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Siege of Jerusalem Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Final assault & capture of Jerusalem by the crusaders Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Massacre by the crusaders of all non-Christian inhabitants of Jerusalem Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Choice of secular & ecclesiastical heads for Jerusalem Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Arrival at Askalon of an Egyptian expedition to recapture Jerusalem Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Crushing victory of the crusaders outside Askalon
The battlefield of Askalon was covered in domestic animals, designed to distract the crusaders into early looting. In fact, this was prohibited on pain of mutilation, and the animals swelled the apparent size of the Christian army. The battle began with an attack by the Egyptian infantry, which began well, but then wavered. The front line of the crusaders across the battlefield was made up of the forces of Robert of Flanders, Robert of Normandy, Gerard of Quierzy, Oliver of Jussey and Reinhard of Toul. There followed a decisive cavalry charge. Participants in this included Godfrey of Bouillon and his brother Eustace, Raymond of Toulouse, Tancred, and Cono and Lambert of Montaigu. After the success of the cavalry, the crusader army started looting, and the Egyptians began a counter-attack. Duke Godfrey, who was covering the gates of Askalon to prevent attacks by the garrison, realised the danger and rallied enough of the army to renew the fighting and defeat the enemy a second time. Raymond of Toulouse fought on the right of the line, drowning many of the enemy in the sea. The Egyptians were pursued to the gates of Askalon, where there was such competition to enter that large numbers were crushed and slaughtered outside; the gates were shut, and the troops tried to hide, most of them without success [Anna Komnene seems to confuse this victory with the terrible defeat of the second battle or Ramla in 1102, which she dates to the following day]. The crusaders kept watch on the battlefield overnight, expecting an Egyptian rally, which did not occur; the next day was spent loading immense quantities of booty on their pack-animals, and burning what they could not carry
Certainty: 3 Dissension in crusader siege of Askalon Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Mass departures of crusaders for home Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Raymond of Toulouse & other returning crusaders stopped siege of Laodikeia Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Arrival at Jerusalem of Bohemond of Antioch & Baldwin of Edessa on pilgrimage Certainty: 3
1100
Certainty: 3 Ceremony of patriarch Daimbert by the Jordan with Godfrey, Bohemond & Baldwin Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Departure of Raymond of Toulouse from Laodikeia to Constantinople Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 Death of Godfrey, advocate of the Holy Sepulchre: the succession Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 A letter asking for Bohemond's intervention was intercepted at Laodikeia Certainty: 3
1101
Certainty: 3 Lombard crusaders coaxed across the Bosporos with the aid of Raymond of Toulouse Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 German & French contingents for the Lombard crusade joined them at Nikomedeia Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Lombard crusaders left Nikomedeia towards Neokaisareia Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Lombard crusaders captured Ankara, slaughtered the Turkish garrison & restored it to Byzantium Certainty: 3
Certainty: 1 Byzantine expansion on the Syrian coast disputed by Tancred Certainty: 1
Certainty: 3 Lombard crusaders marched over difficult terrain under constant Turkish pressure Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Muster roll of army of Lombard crusade for battle near Mersivan Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 All the divisions of the Lombard crusade defeated by the Turks near Mersivan Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Leaders of the Lombard crusade, hotly pursued, escaped to the coast & Constantinople Certainty: 3
1102
Certainty: 3 Remnants of various defeated armies of 1101 set out from Antioch to Jerusalem Certainty: 3
Certainty: 3 Crusaders moved south, & most of them besieged & captured Tortosa Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Determined attack on Tortosa by Tughtakin of Damascus foiled by a trick Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Raymond of Toulouse made his first attack on Tripoli, seizing future site of Mt Pilgrim Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 Baldwin I, almost alone, escaped to the coast, to Arsuf then Jaffa Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Raymond of Toulouse left Tripoli, vainly trying to save Laodikeia from Tancred Certainty: 2
1104
Certainty: 3 Raymond of Toulouse probably captured Jubail, aided by Pisan & Genoese fleets Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Failure of all-out Byzantine assault on Laodikeia, which was resupplied by Bohemond Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Raymond of Toulouse attacked Tripoli in force & completed Mount Pilgrim Certainty: 2
1105
Certainty: 3 Death of Raymond of Toulouse, to be succeeded by William Jordan of Cerdagne Certainty: 3