When Richard the Lionheart Crushed Saladin’s 30,000 in Just 17 Minutes | Battle of Arsuf

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Saladin tracked the Crusader army as it moved along the shoreline, striking relentlessly with arrows and swift hit-and-run attacks. Richard refused to let the column unravel. He kept the formation compact—spearmen and crossbowmen guarding the edges, cavalry held back under strict control—absorbing the pressure without allowing disorder to set in. When Ayyubid riders pushed too close and the Hospitallers began taking heavy punishment, the long-awaited command was given. Standards surged forward, lances dropped, and the mounted force burst from the dust in a single, coordinated release. The Templars slammed into the forward elements, Richard’s reserve drove straight through the center, and the infantry pressed up behind, bolts flying and blades following, as the army pivoted seamlessly from defensive march to full assault.
What came next was raw impact. Locked lances tore gaps through the cavalry screen, while disciplined regroup-and-strike cycles kept the attack rolling. Crossbow fire pinned down riders trying to escape or regroup. Hemmed in by the sea on one side and sand dunes on the other, maneuvering room disappeared—and with it, Saladin’s control. In moments, the balance reversed. Command banners faltered, formations collapsed, and the force that had hunted the Crusaders all morning was suddenly in retreat. In just seventeen minutes of unleashed force, the outcome was sealed—and Richard the Lionheart claimed the field.
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