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Crusades · Episode 09

Arsuf, 1191: The Charge Richard Never Ordered

7:15 · 1191 · 6 chapters

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How a rearguard that broke ranks without orders forced Richard's hand, and why the charge that followed broke Saladin's army without destroying it.

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