El Cid: The Making of a Legend by M. J. Trow

Author:M. J. Trow
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Thistle Publishing
Published: 2015-07-12T23:00:00+00:00

‘The camp erupted men, tugging on pieces of armour and clapping on light headpieces as they ran, slamming the short Arabian saddles on the bare backs of chargers that snorted and reared in surprise. Messengers galloped at full speed … Boys still naked from the sleeping rugs dashed about carrying scimitars and spears and screeching for their unarmed masters. Concubines rolled out of bed and knelt in feverish prayer that the infidel would not reach the encampment.’15

Alfonso himself probably led his main army against the second fortifications, the black-skinned tents of the Almoravid encampment. Here he met stouter resistance, but even so the day seemed to be going well, after the initial visual and aural shock was over. Then, the Christians found themselves struck in the flank by the sledgehammer blow of Ibn Teshufin’s cavalry, camels and all, which forced Alfonso to pull back to a line of defence in front of his own camp. Everywhere, the bare-footed Berber archers darted in and out of the Castilian cavalry, while Ibn Teshufin’s infantry hurled their bamboo spears and cut the Christians’ throats with their murderous curved daggers.

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