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DARIUS READY. 305abundantly safe, for <strong>the</strong> plain beyond <strong>the</strong> defile as far as <strong>the</strong>Pinarus was, at that time, but about a mile <strong>and</strong> a half wide atmost. The topography has materially changed since <strong>the</strong>n.Darius, who lay near Issus <strong>and</strong> south <strong>of</strong> it, on learningC n.(v^jf^.j (jpjgrver^ACEDQNlANSIssus before <strong>the</strong>Battle.<strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong>'s whereabouts, had made ready for an advance.He had hoped to seize <strong>the</strong> Syrian Gates, but found that <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong>had anticipated him. He had <strong>the</strong>n taken up a positionbehind <strong>the</strong> river Pinarus, <strong>and</strong>, on hearing <strong>of</strong> <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong>'s proximity,threw out thirty thous<strong>and</strong> horse <strong>and</strong> twenty thous<strong>and</strong>liffht foot across <strong>the</strong> stream to make a curtain behind whichhe could form unobserved ; ordering <strong>the</strong>m, on being recalled,

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