1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ARSUF, a town on the coast of Palestine, 12 m. N.N.E. of Jaffa, famous as the scene of a victory of the crusaders under Richard I. of England over the army of Saladin. After the capture of Acre on the i2th of July 1191, the army of the crusaders, under Richard Cceur-de-Lion and the duke of Burgundy, opened their campaign for the recovery of Jerusalem by marching southward towards Jaffa, from which place it was intended to move direct upon the holy city. The march was ARSURE— AR I along the sec-there, and, the force…
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