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BATTLE OF ACRE

The Battle of Acre was a victory for the crusaders on July the 12th 1191 during the Third Crusade. Acre, defended by Saladin, was forced to surrender after a long siege lasting from 1189 to 1191 by Christian forces. English king Richard I massacred nearly 3000 Muslim prisoners. The Battle of Acre was a Muslim victory on May the 18th, 1291 that marked the end of the Christian crusaders' presence in the Holy Land. In April, 1291, Egyptian Mamelukes laid siege with 160,000 troops to Acre, then one of the few remaining Christian strongholds. Despite efforts to reinforce the city, it fell, and its surviving defenders were killed. Within a few months, the last of the crusaders had been killed or driven out of the Holy Land.
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