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Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from ...

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66 FORMATION OF PHALANX.larger divisions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> phalanx had <strong>the</strong>ir ensigns <strong>and</strong> trumpeters,<strong>and</strong> each leader had near him one or two men to conveyor repeat his orders.The right flank <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> phalanx wascalled <strong>the</strong> head, <strong>the</strong> left <strong>the</strong> tail, for<strong>the</strong> phalanx usually marched by <strong>the</strong>right, <strong>and</strong> on <strong>the</strong> right <strong>the</strong> comm<strong>and</strong>er<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> phalanx had his station. Smallintervals were left between <strong>the</strong> divisionsto allow <strong>the</strong> light troops to pass throughto front or rear.There were many tacticalformations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> phalanx for battleknown to <strong>the</strong> Greeks, such as arefusal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> right or left wing <strong>and</strong>various forms <strong>of</strong> columns <strong>and</strong> wedges.Columns <strong>of</strong> attack were <strong>of</strong> later <strong>origin</strong>.Manoeuvres were made in measured stepto <strong>the</strong> sound <strong>of</strong> fifes. The cadencedSwor

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