Some Military Advisor have criticised Saladin for his decision to seize the city before he had secured the strategically crucial coastline... a bridgehead for the next crusade. News of the disastrous defeat at Hattin and Jerusalem was brought to Europe. The loss of the Holy City was hugely traumatic for Latin Christendom. Pope Gregory VIII issued the bull 'Audita Tremendi', a dramatic and emotional appeal to Christians to help recover Christ's patrimony. Plans were immediately made for a new enterprise. The Third Crusade departed in three separate contingents led by Richard I of England, Philip II of France and the powerful ruler in Europe, Emperor Frederick Barbarossa of Germany. Meanwhile Guido of Lusignano former King of Jerusalem, after being captured following the defeat of Hattin battle, was freed by Saladin, on condition that he swore to give up his kingdom and go overseas. Readily Guido's supporters gathered at Tripoli, he was also joyned by a Pisan fleet. The Christians were soon reinforced by a considerable fleet from sicilians and italians. King Guglielmo II of Sicily dispatched a fleet of fifty Galleys and five hundred knights and these forces help to keep Tripoli and Antioch in Christian hands. Saladin knew the western armies were gathering strength and inevitably a potentially devastating response would descend upon him. The forces of the three greatest Catholic monarchs of the day they were on their way...