After his great victory, the Muslim leader's army captured a number of strongholds in the Latin principality, but more might have been achieved.

"The failure of Il Ghazi to profit from his major victory ... was due not only to his own subsequent and prolonged drunkenness, but to the scattering of his forces in search of plunder.

"[4] As soon as he heard the news, King Baldwin brought a force north from his Kingdom of Jerusalem to rescue Antioch.

On the morning of August 14, Baldwin carefully arranged the Frankish army for its retreat through open country.

[5] The Artuqids hoped to provoke the Frankish cavalry into launching a premature charge or to open gaps in the enemy infantry formation.

Ilghazi's attacks soon increased in intensity and the Crusader army was probably brought to a halt fairly early in the day.

It may be surmised that the Turkish army also took painful losses, since Ilghazi withdrew his men from the fight, though he claimed victory nevertheless.