Battle of Dorylaeum
First Crusade [1097]
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Crusades
- In Crusades: From Constantinople to Antioch
At Dorylaeum on July 1, 1097, Turks attacked the advance column of the Crusader army. Despite the heat and a rain of arrows, the Crusaders held their ground, and, when the rest of the army drew up, the Turks were routed. A major victory in open…
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