"All the nations of the Franks trembled at that terrible army, and they betook them to their king Caldus (Charles Martel), and told him of the havoc made by the Moslem horsemen, and bow they rode at their will through all the land of Narbonne, Toulouse, and Bordeaux, and they told the king of the death of their count." — Anon Arab Chronicler This passage is discussing the Battle of Corboda the Battle of Poitiers the Mamluk overthrowing of the Abbasids the invasion of the Byzantine Roman Empire

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"All the nations of the Franks trembled at that terrible army, and they betook them to their king Caldus (Charles Martel), and told him of the havoc made by the Moslem horsemen, and bow they rode at their will through all the land of Narbonne, Toulouse, and Bordeaux, and they told the king of the death of their count." — Anon Arab Chronicler  This passage is discussing  the Battle of Corboda  the Battle of Poitiers  the Mamluk overthrowing of the Abbasids  the invasion of the Byzantine Roman Empire

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This describes the Battle of Poitiers (or Tours, as it's also known by) in which Charles Martel broke the spearhead of the invading Muslim armies from al-Andalus (what would later be called Spain). The full passage can also be found here for reference: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/arab-poitiers732.asp