3292

RRR: 
3292
YEAR: 
1260
text: 
*Mid-March. Acre. The magister of Temple writes to the king of England and the master of the London Temple. He reports that the Mongols have devastated the Holy Land almost as far as Acre. The Christians are barely able to resist.
Sources: 
The messenger has travelled exceptionally quickly. He arrived in London on 16 June, taking only 13 weeks; and one day to travel from Dover to London.; Flores Historiarum 2:451-52; RRH 1290

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