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.
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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 Cross-Tradition Connections
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