King Arthur, along with his two allies King Ban and King Bors, gathered their forces and began traveling toward the battlefield to meet the eleven disloyal kings.  As they approached the designated area Merlin advised Arthur to send the ten thousand men of King Ban and King Bors into a wooded area for an ambush.  He wanted Arthur to show the enemies his small force of twenty thousand, so that the eleven kings would be more willing to pursue them rather than stay in their stronghold.  Merlin’s plan worked, and three thousand men were delivered to Arthur that next morning.

            The eleven kings were angry that their initial attack failed, so all the kings left with their armies in pursuit of King Arthur.  During the battle Sir Ulfius was thrown from his horse and forced to fight Duke Eustace on foot.  Sir Brastias saw his friend in danger and singled Estance out and the two ran together with such force that both of them were struck down and the horses' knees burst to the bone and both men lay stunned on the ground.  Griflet was also thrown from his horse, but Sir Kay and six other men attacked King Nentres and led his horse to Griflet.  Sir Ector entered the battle and found Ulfius and Brastias injured under their own dead horses.  After all of the eleven kings were horsed again, they came regrouped to revenge themselves of the damage that was taken that day.

          As the eleven kings were commencing their final assault, King Arthur killed King Cradelment of North Wales and took his horse to Sir Ulfius whose second horse was killed earlier in the battle.  "Then Sir Arthur did so marvelously in arms, that all men had wonder."  Arthur's courage and skill of arms inspired his fellow knights to fight passionately until they achieved victory over their enemies.

Written by Grant Zimmerman Class of '07