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

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AGESILAUS AT CORONAA. 115which prevailed he beat <strong>the</strong>m at Coronsea (b. C. 394). Inthis battle he showed a markedcapacity for tactical direction.When <strong>the</strong> lines met, Agesilaus onCcmup. ^<strong>the</strong> right <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sp<strong>art</strong>ans drove in<strong>the</strong> enemy's left, while <strong>the</strong> Thebanright defeated Agesilaus' left, <strong>and</strong>advanced as far as <strong>the</strong> baggagecamp. Agesilaus, so soon as hish<strong>and</strong>s were free, wheeled <strong>the</strong> Coronsea, b. c. 394.wing under his comm<strong>and</strong> sharplyagainst <strong>the</strong> Thebans, <strong>and</strong> according to Xenophon, who waswith him, <strong>the</strong> most terrific combat kno-vvn in Greek <strong>history</strong><strong>the</strong>n took place. The Thebans, ployed into a square, wereable, though with heavy loss, to cut <strong>the</strong>ir way through <strong>the</strong>Sp<strong>art</strong>an ranks <strong>and</strong> join <strong>the</strong>ir defeated comrades ; but <strong>the</strong>yleft <strong>the</strong> battlefield <strong>and</strong> victory to Agesilaus. The study <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong>se <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r campaigns <strong>of</strong> Agesilaus furnishes excellentmatter for <strong>the</strong> military man.He is selected ra<strong>the</strong>r as a type<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> best generals <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> time than because he was prominentbeyond all o<strong>the</strong>rs. Agesilaus reigned forty-one years,to <strong>the</strong> glory <strong>of</strong> Sp<strong>art</strong>a.All his campaigns were noteworthy.

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