RICHARD CΠDE LION AND SALADIN. AT THE BATTLE OF ARSUR.
Profound silence prevailed in the Christian army; the black cuirasses of the Crusaders seeming to darken the horizon, while sixty thousand swords gleamed out from amidst clouds of dust. All at once the Christian infantry opened their ranks, and the cavalry rushed forward towards the enemy, drawn up on the torrent of Arsur. The king of England advanced with the main body, sweeping away the crowd of Saracens that opposed his passage, and pursuing them to the other side of the torrent; but whilst he yielded to his ardour, and advanced before the Christian army, the chosen troops of the Mussulmans descended from the mountains of Naplouse, and poured down upon the rear of the Christians. Richard was forced to retrace his step to support the French and Germans, who were beginning to give away. The plain in which the battle was fought could scarcely contain all the combatants. The Christians and Mussulmans closed, and attacked each other man to man; the foot fought pell-mell with the horse, exhorting each other to brave death. The cries of rage, despair, and agony were mingled with the clashing of swords, and shields. The two armies, confounded and mixed together, became nothing but one horrible spectacle.---Book VII.

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