Battle of Yibneh

May 29, 1123

The Crusaders ambushed and destroyed a Fatimid army near the coast south of Jaffa, effectively ending serious Egyptian attempts to reconquer the kingdom by land for a generation. Baldwin II was at that moment sitting in a Turkish prison; his constable had done the job for him. The victory freed the kingdom from the threat of simultaneous assault from Egypt and Damascus that had haunted its early decades.