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People: Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland
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An English fleet led by Edgar Atheling, …

Years: 1098 - 1098
March

An English fleet led by Edgar Atheling, the exiled King of England, arrives at St. Symeon on March 4 carrying supplies from Constantinople, According to Orderic Vitalis.

Historian Steven Runciman repeats the assertion, however it is unknown where the fleet originated and it is doubtful that it would have been under Edgar's command.

Regardless, the fleet, known as the "Saxon Crusade", brings raw materials for constructing siege engines, but these are almost lost on the journey from the port to Antioch when part of the garrison sallies out.

Bohemond and Raymond escort the material, and after losing some of the materials and one hundred people, they fall back to the crusader camp outside Antioch.

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