Today in History: ‘Victory Goes to the Brave’
On this day in history, in an extraordinary display of bravery that even the most dramatic Hollywood stories struggle to match, Christian knights led by Richard the Lionheart routed a vast force of Muslim fighters who had just been mercilessly torturing and killing Christians. Background: On July 27, 1192, Saladin, the celebrated Islamic sultan and hero, laid siege to the small Christian-held town of Jaffa. Contemporary accounts describe the Muslim forces as numbering up to 20,000, spreading across the land like a “swarm of locusts.” Urgent messengers were sent to King Richard I, who was in Acre preparing to return to England. Before the full report was even delivered, Richard declared, “With God as my guide, I will do what I can,” and immediately set sail with some 2,000 men. FULL ARTICLE at Today in History: ‘Victory Goes to the Brave’ |
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