"[8] According to Ibn al-Qalanisi, Izz Al-Mulk, the Egyptian governor of Tyre, persuaded Toghtekin, the ruler of Damascus, to help defend the city.
[9] In exchange for 20,000 bezants,[7] Toghtekin sent 200 cavalry and 500 archers, along with additional soldiers from Jabal Amil, who fortified Tyre's defenses, spreading across its ramparts.
[11] He gathered all available troops and ordered the construction of siege engines, employing tactics such as skirmishes and using iron grapnels produced by a refugee from Tripoli.
They brought together great quantities of stones and cement, mounted two towers which were practically opposite our machines, and began to build them higher.
From there the defenders hurled fire upon the engines below and were prepared to bum everything, unopposed.While Baldwin continued the siege, a Byzantine embassy arrived with 12 vessels.
[15] Albert of Aix recounted that a knight named Reinfrid, bribed with a thousand bezants to escort Tyrian nobles carrying gifts to Damascus, reported to Baldwin who ordered his forces to ambush and seize the convoy.
[15] Afterwards, the city defenders responded with a bold charge against the Crusader camp but were repelled, and two hundred knights including William of Wanges entered Tyre, but they were captured and killed.