25 novembre

25th November, 1174

With 400 knights, 16-year-old Baudouin IV, the leprous king of Jerusalem, defeats Saladin helped by 20,000 soldiers in Montgisard (the figures are hard to figure out exactly but the Christian and Muslim chronicles alike confirm the French were outrageously outnumbered).

25 novembre 1174

Avec 400 chevaliers, le roi lépreux de Jérusalem Baudouin IV (16 ans) bat les 20000 soldats de Saladin à Montgisard (les chiffres sont difficiles à affiner, mais les chroniques chrétiennes et musulmanes confirment ensemble une incroyable disproportion des forces).