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==== Fifth Crusade ====
* [[July]] &ndash; The Crusaders, led by the [[Knights Hospitaller]], raid [[Lake Burullus|Burlus]], located in the [[Nile Delta]] in [[Egypt in the Middle Ages|Egypt]]. The town is pillaged, but the knights are ambushed on their return, and several Hospitallers, including Grand Master [[Guérin de Montaigu]], are captured. Meanwhile, Sultan [[Al-Kamil]] sends an Egyptian squadron down the [[Rosetta|Rosetta branch]] of the [[Nile]]. It sails to [[Kingdom of Cyprus|Cyprus]], where it finds a Crusader fleet lying off [[Limassol]]. During the attack, they sink and capture all the ships, taking many thousands of prisoners.<ref>[[Steven Runciman]] (1952). ''A History of The Crusades. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre'', p. 139. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29877-0}}.</ref>
* Summer &ndash; The Crusader army is trapped by a Nile flood at [[Damietta]]. Cardinal [[Pelagio Galvani|Pelagius]] sends a Venetian squadron to intercept the Egyptian fleet, and attacks the harbours of Rosetta and [[Alexandria]], but to no effect. Lack of money prevents Pelagius from building a sufficient number of ships, and the papal treasury can not spare him anymore. In September more of the Crusaders return home.<ref>Steven Runciman (1952). ''A History of The Crusades. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre'', pp. 139–140. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29877-0}}.</ref>