his lineage.

Towards the end of November, Count Raymond of Saint-Gilles moved his
army out of Antioch; after passing the cities of Rugia and Albara, on
the fourth day, which was the last day of November, he reached the
city of Marrah.[188] A large group of Saracens, Turks, and Arabs had
come together in that city, and the count prepared to attack with all
his forces on the day after he arrived. Bohemund and his army
quickly followed the count, and set up his camp next to him on a
Sunday. The next day they attacked the walls so vigorously that
their ladders clung to the walls, and they stepped on the walls
themselves as they went up. The inhabitants resisted with such
energy that nothing could be gained by our men that day. Then the
count of Saint-Gilles, seeing that his men were toiling in vain,
ordered that a very tall, strong wooden fort be built, placed on four
wheels, with room at at the top for a large group of soldiers. This
armed group then moved the war-machine with great force against the
walls of the city, near one of the towers. In response, the
inhabitants quickly built a ballistic machine, with which they tried
to bombard our fort with huge stones, threatening to destroy both our
machine and men. They also hurled Greek fire at the machine, trying
to set the scaffolding afire, but God thwarted their plan. The
machine stood high over the city wall, and, in the midst of the clash,
the sound of trumpets ringing stirred the combatants. Meanwhile,
some of our soldiers who were in the upper part of the machine,
including William of Montpellier and some others, were hurling huge
stones against those who were defending the walls. As a result, many
shields were pierced, and the shields and their owners, both now
useless, fell from the wall. Others, with iron hooks at the tips of
their spears, tried to hook the Saracen defenders on the walls, to