 The crusading force included a group of Knights Templar, Knights Hospitaller, fleets from Frisia and Italy, and troops amassed under numerous other military leaders.Upon the arrival of the first Crusader ships to Damietta, Simon III, Count of Saarbrücken was chosen as a temporary leader until the arrival of the remaining ships.Under his command, the force established a landing site on May 29th "without any loss of blood."