[242] June 29, A. D. 1097.
[243] Fulcher, cap. 5; Raimond d’Agiles; Orderic Vital; Raoul de Caen.
[244] Mills avers that the chiefs separated by mutual consent. I have found nothing to confirm this opinion. Radulphus says that there was a rumour to that effect, but shows that it could not be just, as the baggage of the troops of Boemond and his party had, by the error that separated them, been left with the other division. William of Tyre leaves the question undecided. Fulcher says, absolutely, that the separation originated in a mistake. Orderic Vital follows the same opinion. Raimond d’Agiles is not precise, but he says that it was done inconsiderately; and Guibert decidedly affirms that it was accidental, and through the obscurity of the morning in which they began their march.
[245] William of Tyre.
[246] Fulcher; Raimond d’Agiles; Albert.
[247] Fulcher makes it amount to nearly three hundred and sixty thousand combatants; and Raimond reduces the number to one hundred and fifty thousand.
[248] Fulcher.
[249] Ibid; Guibert.
[250] William of Tyre; Guibert; Fulcher, cap. 5.
[251] Guibert; Will. of Tyr.