History of the Crusades.

the Crusades. 8th.

Episode 13, the First Crusade Roman numeral 9.

Hello again.

When we left the Crusaders last year,

they had found themselves in a bizarre predicament. The good news was, after eight months of trying, they had

finally managed to breach Antioch's walls and had taken over the city. The not so good news was that once inside they found

anti-ox stores depleted and discovered there was nothing much worth plundering.

The bad news was, soon after taking the city, a large Muslim force led by Koboga of Mosul surrounded Antioch, trapping the Crusaders inside.

Now, in case you had too much eggnog over the holidays and have forgotten most of the previous episodes dealing with the the Tartishius, the representative of the Byzantine Emperor Alexius, abandoned the siege, so there is currently

no one who can claim Antioch on behalf of the Emperor. Stephen of Blah also deserted the siege.

Strangely, on the morning of the very day that the Crusaders stormed the walls and is currently making his way back home. Crus

the walls and is currently making his way back home to Europe.

Beaumund has taken a shine to the city.

He wants Antioch.

He wants it very, very badly, and has been doing everything in his power

overtly and covertly to position himself to take possession of it.

Right, everyone on board, let us proceed.

This was the situation facing the Crusaders at Antioch.

The entire Crusading four were not now numbered less than 30,000 people, and a large number

of these were non-combatants.

They were down to around 150 horses.

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