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

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STRENGTH OF HALICARNASSUS. 263which forms <strong>the</strong> western boundary <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> harbor ; <strong>the</strong> royalcitadel, on an ishmd at <strong>the</strong> entrance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> harbor. Theisl<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> Arconnesus had been fortified, <strong>and</strong> garrisons put in<strong>the</strong> surrounding towns as outposts to divert <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong>'s attention<strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> city. The city had been provisioned for a longHalicarnassus.siege. A number <strong>of</strong> <strong>war</strong> ships were in <strong>the</strong> harbor to hold itagainst <strong>the</strong> Macedonians, <strong>and</strong> to use in procuring supplies,which latter proceeding <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong> could not prevent withouta fleet. Meanwhile, <strong>the</strong> sailors were mostly told <strong>of</strong>f for l<strong>and</strong>duty. Many noted refugees were in <strong>the</strong> city, among <strong>the</strong>m <strong>the</strong>Lyncestian Neoptolemus, bro<strong>the</strong>r <strong>of</strong> Arrhabaeus, who was

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