The bulk of the Kumani, whose troops had scarcely suffered in the engagement, fortified themselves on Mount tala, to the number of twenty thousand; the king carried the heights by assault, and hotly pursued the fugitives as far as the range of Kharusa before Musri, where the fortress of Khunusa afforded them a retreat behind its triple walls of brick.
"History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 6 (of 12)"
G. Maspero
On the introduction and rapid spread of Christianity many said, "The prediction of Ave i le tala has come true."
"Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before"
George Turner
tala was spared, and escaped uninjured.
"Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before"
George Turner