Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1098 maharan sun kama Antakiya kuma sun sami nasarar karya wani abin da Turks suka yi. Bayan wannan, ayyukan Gouffier sun fi kyau a rubuce a cikin tushe. Ya taimaka kama wani gari da ake kira "Talamania", mai yiwuwa al-Bara, kuma ya kasance mai mahimmanci a cikin Siege na Ma'arra
a cikin Disamba 1098. A yammacin ranar 11 ga Disamba Gouffier ya hau kan ganuwar Ma'arra, tare da sauran 'yan giciye da yawa waɗanda tsanin ya karye a ƙarƙashin nauyin su.