At the Battle of Hattin in 1187, Saladin's forces positioned themselves between the marching Frankish army and the Sea of Galilee, forcing the Crusaders to camp overnight on a waterless plateau, then surrounded the exhausted camp so tightly that, in a chronicler's words, a cat could not have escaped, before attacking a force already broken by thirst and encirclement. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Core ClaimCut the enemy off from water and its line of march, encircle the resulting camp completely, and let heat, thirst and encirclement break its cohesion before delivering the final attack. 1 Classification
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The Muslims surrounded the camp so closely that a cat could not have escaped.
- A land battle tactic, per the entity's own sourced description.
- Developed By: Saladin
Associated With: Battle of Hattin, Battle section, opening paragraph on the water blockade
The Muslims positioned themselves between the Frankish army and the water so that the Franks were forced to pitch camp overnight on the arid plateau near the village of Meskenah.
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