Nothing short of divine will could explain it. The Emir of Aleppo had brought nearly forty thousand troops and possessed absolute cavalry superiority, whereas the Crusaders numbered less than ten thousand. Yet the outcome of a battle with such overwhelming odds was utterly unexpected.
In a single battle, the Crusaders had killed nearly ten thousand men, injured tens of thousands more, and taken over a thousand prisoners. These captives had willingly surrendered, claiming their families could pay a handsome ransom for their lives. The Crusaders, by contrast, had lost a mere three hundred men, with only eighteen Knights killed and thirty-two injured.
For a time, the area outside Hama City was littered with corpses. Belem had them all beheaded, gathering a plentiful supply of 'ammunition' to continuously harass the defenders in the Mountain Castle.
