In early November 1192, a routine foraging expedition went awry when a group of Templars were attacked and outnumbered. When the news reached [Richard], the king rode to their aid without hesitation, accompanied by Andrew of Chauvigny and Robert, earl of Leicester. The Lionheart arrived 'roaring' with bloodlust, striking like a 'thunderbolt', and soon forced the Muslims to retreat.
Latin eyewitnesses suggest that some of the king's companions actually questioned the wisdom of his actions that day. Chiding him for risking his life so readily, they protested that 'if harm comes to you Christianity will be killed'. Richard was said to have been enraged: "The king's colour changed. Then he said: 'I sent [these soldiers] here and asked them to go [and] if they die there without me then would [that] I never again bear the title of king'"