Army of The Allies
Otto has also divided his army into three groups:
- The left flank, under the command of Ferrand of Flanders with his Flemish knights - directed by Arnaud of Oudenaarde.
There are the soldiers of Flanders and Hainaut
- The center under the command of Otto and of Thiebaud, Duke of Lorraine, and Henry, Duke of Brabant and Count Philip Courtenay-Namur: there are also many of the Saxon soldiers, knights and infantry of Brabant and Germany.
In the center the German infantry phalanxes formed deep, bristling with pikes and flanked by companies formed in the corner, then the second line, the Saxon infantry in reserve. Meanwhile, Otto stood surrounded by 50 German knights.
- The right flank, under the command of Renaud de Dammartin, also includes the Brabant infantry and English knights - under the command of Count William of Salisbury Longespée.
At the extreme right, the English archers supported the flank of both the Brabant nobility and the Palatinate Lorraines.
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