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 298 Readings in European History force, footmen as well as cavalry, made up of Saxons, Fran- conians, Alemannians, and Bavarians, as well as valorous knights from Burgundy. He appeared before Andernach with this mighty host, but proposed to fight the battle with the help of his dukes, for he himself took no part, but awaited the outcome of the conflict at a little distance. Then appeared the ranks of Cologne in battle array, far fewer in number but nowise inferior in bravery, under the leadership of their duke and archbishop, Frederick, and of the former Duke Henry of Lorraine, Count Theodoric of Are, Count Henry of Kessel, and others equally valorous and well versed in war. In the first onset Duke Henry, with a small detachment, rushed upon a far superior mass of the enemy, but was forced to retreat to his camp. Then amid a frightful din of trumpets both armies, eager for the conflict, set upon each other, and for a long time the struggle remained undecided. At last the chosen youth of Cologne, in a wild rage, resolved either to conquer or die, and began to slash about them with fearful effect, so that the enemy was compelled to flee. Then Count Theodoric, a brave knight to whom the victory was chiefly due, since he had pressed forward with his followers against the enemy like a lion, began a fearful slaughter on all sides. Many free men of knightly rank were killed or taken pris- oners. Duke Bertolf of Carinthia, a faithful adherent of the emperor, was captured and taken in charge by Count The- odoric himself. None of the leaders on the side of Cologne were either killed or captured except Count Henry of Kessel, an excellent man, who, through the turpitude of his follow- ers, fell under the horses' hoofs and perished. He was hon- orably buried in Cologne near the cathedral of St. Peter. In describing the events of the year 1187, toward the end of the reign of Frederick Barbarossa, The Greater Annals of Cologne report another incident which serves to indicate that no great degree of mutual confidence existed as yet between the city and the emperor.