Solimanwasratherprovokedthandismayedbythelossofhiscapital:headmonishedhissubjectsandalliesofthisstrangeinvasionoftheWesternBarbarians；theTurkishemirsobeyedthecallofloyaltyorreligion；theTurkmanhordesencampedroundhisstandard；andhiswholeforceislooselystatedbytheChristiansattwohundred，oreventhreehundredandsixtythousandhorse。YethepatientlywaitedtilltheyhadleftbehindthemtheseaandtheGreekfrontier；andhoveringontheflanks，observedtheircarelessandconfidentprogressintwocolumnsbeyondtheviewofeachother。SomemilesbeforetheycouldreachDorylaeuminPhrygia，theleft，andleastnumerous，divisionwassurprised，andattacked，andalmostoppressed，bytheTurkishcavalry。^84Theheatoftheweather，thecloudsofarrows，andthebarbarousonset，overwhelmedthecrusaders；theylosttheirorderandconfidence，andthefaintingfightwassustainedbythepersonalvalor，ratherthanbythemilitaryconduct，ofBohemond，Tancred，andRobertofNormandy。TheywererevivedbythewelcomebannersofDukeGodfrey，whoflewtotheirsuccor，withthecountofVermandois，andsixtythousandhorse；
andwasfollowedbyRaymondofTholouse，thebishopofPuy，andtheremainderofthesacredarmy。Withoutamoment\'spause，theyformedinneworder，andadvancedtoasecondbattle。Theywerereceivedwithequalresolution；and，intheircommondisdainfortheunwarlikepeopleofGreeceandAsia，itwasconfessedonbothsides，thattheTurksandtheFranksweretheonlynationsentitledtotheappellationofsoldiers。^85Theirencounterwasvaried，andbalancedbythecontrastofarmsanddiscipline；ofthedirectcharge，andwheelingevolutions；ofthecouchedlance，andthebrandishedjavelin；ofaweightybroadsword，andacrookedsabre；ofcumbrousarmor，andthinflowingrobes；andofthelongTartarbow，andthearbalistorcrossbow，adeadlyweapon，yetunknowntotheOrientals。^86Aslongasthehorseswerefresh，andthequiversfull，Solimanmaintainedtheadvantageoftheday；andfourthousandChristianswerepiercedbytheTurkisharrows。Intheevening，swiftnessyieldedtostrength:oneitherside，thenumberswereequaloratleastasgreatasanygroundcouldhold，oranygeneralscouldmanage；butinturningthehills，thelastdivisionofRaymondandhisprovincialswasled，perhapswithoutdesignontherearofanexhaustedenemy；andthelongcontestwasdetermined。Besidesanamelessandunaccountedmultitude，threethousandPaganknightswereslaininthebattleandpursuit；thecampofSolimanwaspillaged；andinthevarietyofpreciousspoil，thecuriosityoftheLatinswasamusedwithforeignarmsandapparel，andthenewaspectofdromedariesandcamels。Theimportanceofthevictorywasprovedbythehastyretreatofthesultan:reservingtenthousandguardsoftherelicsofhisarmy，SolimanevacuatedthekingdomofRoum，andhastenedtoimploretheaid，andkindletheresentment，ofhisEasternbrethren。Inamarchoffivehundredmiles，thecrusaderstraversedtheLesserAsia，throughawastedlandanddesertedtowns，withoutfindingeitherafriendoranenemy。Thegeographer^87maytracethepositionofDorylaeum，AntiochofPisidia，Iconium，Archelais，andGermanicia，andmaycomparethoseclassicappellationswiththemodernnamesofEskishehrtheoldcity，Akshehrthewhitecity，Cogni，Erekli，andMarash。Asthepilgrimspassedoveradesert，whereadraughtofwaterisexchangedforsilver，theyweretormentedbyintolerablethirst；andonthebanksofthefirstrivulet，theirhasteandintemperancewerestillmorepernicioustothedisorderlythrong。TheyclimbedwithtoilanddangerthesteepandslipperysidesofMountTaurus；manyofthesoldierscastawaytheirarmstosecuretheirfootsteps；andhadnotterrorprecededtheirvan，thelongandtremblingfilemighthavebeendrivendowntheprecipicebyahandfulofresoluteenemies。Twooftheirmostrespectablechiefs，thedukeofLorraineandthecountofTholouse，werecarriedinlitters:Raymondwasraised，asitissaidbymiracle，fromahopelessmalady；andGodfreyhadbeentornbyabear，ashepursuedthatroughandperilouschaseinthemountainsofPisidia。
[Footnote84:BaroniushasproducedaverydoubtfullettertohisbrotherRoger，A。D。1098，No。15。TheenemiesconsistedofMedes，Persians，Chaldeans:beitso。Thefirstattackwascumnostroincommodo；trueandtender。ButwhyGodfreyofBouillonandHughbrothers!Tancredisstyledfilius；ofwhom?CertainlynotofRoger，norofBohemond。]
[Footnote85:VerumtamendicuntseessedeFrancorumgeneratione；
etquianullushomonaturaliterdebetessemilesnisiFrancietTurci，GestaFrancorum，p。7。ThesamecommunityofbloodandvalorisattestedbyArchbishopBaldric，p。99。]