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Turkish soldiers manning the walls. The Turks took the bait and poured out of the gate. The Byzantine force then executed a planned retreat, drawing the Turks far out beyond the town. The rest of the Byzantine army had lain hidden in the thick undergrowth and assaulted the undefended town after the Turks had passed them. The fleeing Byzantines turned about and faced the pursuing Turks. The Turks were trapped between the Byzantine cavalry to their front and the army to their back and were largely killed or captured, with a handful making it out of the encirclement.
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118:Casualties and losses
26:Byzantine–Seljuq wars
354:in 1120, improving
340:siege of Sozopolis
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277:2nd Iconium
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591:Categories
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366:Background
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240:1st Nicaea
183:Vaspurakan
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428:Citations
411:Aftermath
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380:Byzantine
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344:Byzantine
282:Turbessel
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230:Oinousses
49:Sozopolis
419:Analysis
396:Attaleia
382:emperor
372:Laodicea
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342:saw the
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245:Mersivan
213:Sebastia
188:Kapetron
58:Uluborlu
44:Location
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235:Antioch
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113:Unknown
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