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The Frankish duke wept bitterly to see his soldiers massacred.

— Matthew of Edessa

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On both sides the troops were commanded by royal princes and they massacred each other mercilessly.

What a sight! The air was full of the harsh sound of arrows thudding from bows, horses reared up in terror and the mountains reverberated with the din of battle.

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