Richard the Lionheart DEFEATS Saladin at Jaffa

the sultan was greatly annoyed at this and personally went around the divisions urging them to attack and promising them good rewards if they would as the battle progresses it becomes clear that Richard has made good use of his limited resources repeated attacks from the Turkish Cavalry fail and indeed the Christian crossbowmen are picking off salon's riters with every charge soon salon's troops fall back and refuse to obey the Sultan's orders to attack this infuriates saladan who is horrified to see his army failing before such a small Force the sultan rides up and down his ranks demanding that his men fight but they refuse at this point King Richard decides to attack leading his 10 or 20 Horsemen he charges the Sultan's lines this is one of the lion heart's finest moments despite being terribly outnumbered Richard and his Knights inflict serious damage on salon's Army the esta Regis ricardi provides a vivid account of the action the king and his men realized that the Ser were not going to do anything else when they were unable to bear this half-hearted and evasive strategy any longer the king and those who had horses put spur to horse and with lances couched charged powerfully into the thick of the enemy throwing them down to the right and the left emptying Saddles of their Riders and transfixing some of them Richard's decision to charge is no accident he recognizes the collapsing morale of salon's Army and understands that the sultan likely won't be able to counter a Cavalry attack from the Christians however small it may be the king's charge further demoralizes the Muslim host when it's all over Richard does something to further expose saladin's inability to control his own forces Ian shadad describes it the king of England took his Lance that day and bed from the far right wing to the far left and nobody challenged him the sultan was enraged turned his back on the fighting and withdrew to yazor at this point Salon realizes the extent of his defeat he calls for a retreat and the Muslim Army withdraws once again Richard the lionhart has won a great victory over saladan indeed one of the most remarkable victories in military history fortunately the battle was carefully recorded by the chroniclers in both camps who repeatedly confirmed one another's details we are fortunate that such a fascinating episode was so well documented the Battle of Jaffa destroys salon's plan to dislodge King Richard from the coast jafa is saved for the Crusaders for Richard this is a crucial Victory had saladan succeeded the very position of the Christian domain in Syria Palestine would have been threatened