noon
On they pushed into the desert lands below , which lay between them and Tiberias , and were bordered on the right and left by hills . Now clouds of dust were seen moving across the plains , and in the heart of them bodies of Saracen horsemen , which continually attacked the vanguard under Count Raymond , and as continually retreated before they could be crushed , slaying many with their spears and arrows . Also these came round behind them , and charged the rearguard , where marched the Templars and the light-armed troops named Turcopoles , and the band of Reginald de Chatillon , with which rode the brethren . From noon till near sundown the long harassed line , broken now into fragments , struggled forward across the rough , stony plain , the burning heat beating upon their armour till the air danced about it as it does before a fire . Towards evening men and horses became exhausted , and the soldiers cried to their captains to lead them to water . But in that place there was no water . The rearguard fell behind , worn out with constant attacks that must be repelled in the burning heat , so that there was a great gap between it and the king who marched in the centre .