August 1189 – July 1191 · Levantine Coast Theater
August 1189 – July 1191
The pivotal struggle of the Third Crusade was the nearly two-year siege of the coastal city of Acre, where a crusader army besieging the garrison was itself encircled by Saladin's relief force in a vast double siege of attrition, disease, and assault. The arrival of the kings of England and France finally tipped the balance, and Acre surrendered in July 1191.
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