The host of the
French sojourned thus for nine days, and those obtained supplies who
needed them, and that was every one in the host.
THE FORAGERS DEFEAT THE GREEKS
During this time, a company of good and trustworthy men issued (from
the camp) to guard the host, for fear it should be attacked, and the
foragers searched the country. In the said company were Odo of
Champlitte, of Champagne, and William his brother, and Oger of
Saint-Ch?ron, and
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Manasses of l'Isle, and Count Girard, a count of Lombardy, a retainer
of the Marquis of Montferrat; and they had with them at least eighty
knights who were good men and true.
And they espied, at the foot of a mountain, some three leagues distant
from the host, certain tents belonging to the Grand Duke of the
Emperor of Constantinople, who had with him at least five hundred
Greek knights. When our people saw them, they formed their men into
four battalions, and decided to attack. And when the Greeks saw this,
they formed their battalions, and arrayed themselves in rank before
their tents, and waited. And our people went forward and fell upon
them right vigorously.
By the help of God our Lord, this fight lasted but a little while, and
the Greeks turned their backs. They were discomfited at the first
onset, and our people pursued them for a full great league. There they
won plenty of horses and stallions, and palfreys, and mules, and tents
and pavilions, and such spoil as is usual in such case.
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