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

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ALEXANDER CROSSES THE DANUBE. 195moving to <strong>and</strong> fro, <strong>and</strong> for occasional bits <strong>of</strong> piracy, <strong>and</strong>which were found in numbers all along <strong>the</strong> river ; he filled<strong>the</strong> hides which <strong>the</strong> soldiers used for tent- coverings with hay.Method <strong>of</strong> Using Sldns.tied <strong>the</strong>m closely toge<strong>the</strong>r <strong>and</strong> upon <strong>the</strong>se ei<strong>the</strong>r constructedrafts, or used <strong>the</strong>m to float <strong>the</strong> men in swimming. The latterwas an ancient custom. By means <strong>of</strong> all <strong>the</strong>se devices <strong>and</strong>an activity which with <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong> was always abnormal, heGetSB <strong>and</strong> Syrmus.managed to put over during a single short summer nightfifteen hundred cavalry <strong>and</strong> four thous<strong>and</strong> infantry. Whoeverhas seen <strong>the</strong> width <strong>and</strong> rapid current <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Danubecan <strong>the</strong> better gauge <strong>the</strong> extraordinary nature <strong>of</strong> this feat.The Macedonians l<strong>and</strong>ed unobserved at a place where <strong>the</strong>

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