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French under Count Gresli, and individuals fromPicardy, with one hundred and fifty English underGrandison, as well as a sprinkling of warriors fromvarious places, but not exceeding'two score ; in fine,the entire came to nine hundred horse, and eleventhousand foot , 1 or, in all, twelve thousand . 2 If apopulation, which, after the going away of many,amounted still to one hundred thousand, producedonly twelve thousand soldiers, that was noted atthe time, and shows Acre was far more mercantilethan military.

Time advances rapidly . 3 Hard to reconciledivers accounts; one says the assault lasted fortydays and forty nights, without a moment’s inter-mission . 4 In this they agree, that it was one ofthe most fearful which history records.

Exact in his dealings, Kelaoun, at the beginningof March, finding his feebleness would not permithim to proceed, returned to Cairo himself, but senton his seven or twelve emirs, with each of themfour thousand horse and twenty thousand foot.So even now there were twenty-nine to one, incavalry, against the Christians, and eight to onein infantry, or more . 6 Yet these were only an

1 Michaud: Hist., v. 126. 2 Bosio.—Yertot: iii. 546.

3 Cod. Dipl. Geros., ii., Hum. i., pag. 1.

* Ebendorfer : Col. Pez.—Bib. Crois., iii. 201.

5 Milan Chron.—Bib. Crois., ii. 638.