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| | Orontes, battle of the, 28 June 1098 (First Crusade) |
 | | Korboga attempted the traditional Turkish tactic of retreating before the enemy, forcing them to advance through a hail of arrows, but the battlefield was too tight for that tactic to work, and the crusaders were able to engage the Turkish army in a melee, where the crusaders were at an advantage. |
 | | Seeing the battle going badly, Kerboga's allies, led by Duqaq, emir of Damascus, began to desert him, until all of his allies were gone, at which point Kerboga also fled. |
 | | The crusaders followed up, and inflicted very heavy casualties on the fleeing army, while many more were killed by the local population. |
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