the First Crusade

1881 (1881)
 
Author Engraving by C.W. Sharpe, based on a painting of the same title by Gustav Dore. Copyright held by Frank Hunter Potter.
 
Battle of Ascalon
Part of the First Crusade

 
Date August 12, 1099
Location Ashkelon, Israel
Result Crusader victory
 
Belligerents
Crusaders Fatimids
Commanders
Godfrey of Bouillon

Robert II, Count of Flanders
 al-Afdal Shahanshah
Strength
Possibly 10 000 Possibly 50 000
Casualties and losses
Unknown Possibly 10-12 000