Waxa uu damacsanaa in uu ku hareereeyo iskutallaabta Yeruusaalem, inkastoo uusan la imaan wax mashiinno hareereyn ah isaga laftiisa; si kastaba ha ahaatee waxa uu lahaa ciidan, sidoo kale soo ururinta ee dekedda Ascalon. Tirada saxda ah ee iskutallaabtu waa la garan waayay, laakiin tirada ay bixisay Raymond Aguilers ka yar yahay 1,200 Knights iyo 9,000 Infantry. Qiyaasta ugu sareeya waa wax aan macquul aheyn, laakiin tani waa hubaal at this stage of xerada Al-Afdal.
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