> > The march and final battle is described in any number of history
> > books, and dramatized in even more historical novels. The parrellels
> > aren't exact, but it might give you some more ideas on how such an
> > event might run (although hopefully your players will manage a
> > different ending!).
>
> The Battle of Hattin, IIRC, details at:
> http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1187ernoul.html
Hattin happened later, I believe, after the foundation of the Crusader
kingdoms. Hattin more or less doomed the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
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