 According to Marco Polo 's account , in the early stages of the battle , the Turkish and <unk> horsemen " took such <unk> at the sight of the <unk> that they would not be got to face the <unk> , but always <unk> and turned back , " while the <unk> forces pressed on . But the <unk> commander <unk> did not panic ; he ordered his troops to <unk> , and from the cover of the nearby <unk> , aim their bows directly at the advancing <unk> . The <unk> <unk> ' arrows threw the animals into such pain that they fled . 
