XXII. THE LATIN EAST

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Sultan of Rum

Robert of Normandy & Bohemond

Godfrey de Bouillon and Raymond of Toulouse

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Minimum:

2000 knights with one horse each

24 # per horse per day or 48,000 # per day for the column

8000 infantry and 2000 knights

2 # of bread a day; 300 # on each pack horse

Thus, need 66 pack horses per day, thus another 1584 # of feed per day.

One week campaign for a column of 2000 mounted knights and 8000 infantry:

Need 462 pack horses consuming 11,088 # of feed to carry

336,000 # of feed for the knights’ horses.

Thus, 347,088 # of feed