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

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CURIOUS DEFENSE. 191for a moment resist <strong>the</strong> Macedonian close array <strong>of</strong> pikes.But <strong>the</strong>y had collected all <strong>the</strong>ir wagons <strong>and</strong> chariots, <strong>and</strong>formed <strong>the</strong>m as a ramp<strong>art</strong> in <strong>the</strong>ir front in such manner that,as <strong>the</strong> phalanx advanced to <strong>the</strong> attack, <strong>the</strong> wagons could berolled down upon <strong>the</strong>m, <strong>and</strong> by breaking <strong>the</strong> ranks enable<strong>the</strong>m to attack <strong>the</strong> Macedonians in individual combat withsome chance <strong>of</strong> success. The denser <strong>the</strong> phalanx, <strong>the</strong> moredangerous <strong>the</strong> wagons, <strong>the</strong>y rightly argued. But <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong>was equal to <strong>the</strong> occasion. He knew that this was <strong>the</strong> onlyavailable pass, <strong>and</strong> seeing what <strong>the</strong> barbarians were proposingJ" f:^ f'',

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