Charles Morris
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 18 Aug
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The valour of your ancestors and the holy Christian faith, for whose defence we are fighting.
Then he sprang from his chariot, put on his horn helmet, mounted his war horse Aurelia, and took his station in the field, prepared to fight like a soldier and a king.
For two days the battle consisted of a series of skirmishes.
At the end of that time the Christians had the advantage.
Their numbers had told, and new courage came to their hearts.
Tariq saw that defeat would be his lot if this continued, and on the morning of the third day he made a fiery appeal to his men, rousing their fanaticism and picturing the treasures and delights which victory would bring them.
He ended with his war cry of Guila, Guila, follow me, my warriors, I shall not stop until I reach the tyrant in the midst of his steel clad warriors, and either kill him or he kill me.
At the head of his men, the dusky one eyed warrior rushed, with fiery energy upon the Gothic lines, cleaving his way through the ranks towards a general whose rich armor seemed to him that of the king.
His impetuous charge carried him deep into their midst.
The seeming king was before him.
One blow and he fell dead.
while the Muslims, crying that the king of the Goths was killed, followed their leader with resistless ardour into the hostile ranks.
The Christians heard and believed the story and lost heart as their enemy gained new energy.
At this critical moment, as we are told, Bishop Opus, brother in law of the traitor Julian, drew off and joined the Muslim ranks.
Whether this was the case or not, the charge of Tariq led the way to victory.
He had pierced the Christian centre.
The wings gave way before the onset of his chiefs.
Resistance was at an end.
In utter panic, the soldiers flung away their arms and took to flight, heedless of the stores and treasures of their camp, thinking of nothing but safety, flying in all directions through the country, while the Muslims, following on their flying steeds, cut them down without mercy.
Roderick, the king, had disappeared.
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