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

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ing <strong>the</strong> zone <strong>of</strong>A SHARP ATTACK. 311d<strong>art</strong>s, at a preconcertecl signal, <strong>and</strong> headed by<strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> agema, <strong>the</strong>y took <strong>the</strong> double-quick, <strong>and</strong>dashed into <strong>the</strong> river with <strong>the</strong> shout which <strong>the</strong>ir enemies hadalways heard with dread, <strong>and</strong> which <strong>the</strong> hills sent reverberatingback to <strong>the</strong> sea. This rapid attack both astonished<strong>the</strong> Persians <strong>and</strong> saved <strong>the</strong>mselves <strong>from</strong> being long under <strong>the</strong>CAv C0/«\PAN\OH5fHVPASPiSTS ^C K /Aerc iIssus (<strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong>'s manoeuvre).fire <strong>of</strong> missiles.Where <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong> fought In jierson, near <strong>the</strong>right, so soon as <strong>the</strong> troops came to close work, <strong>the</strong> Persiansgave way indisorder, being, as we have shown, taken somewhatin reverse by <strong>the</strong> position which <strong>the</strong> bend in <strong>the</strong> riverenabled him to give <strong>the</strong> line.It will be seen that this bend in <strong>the</strong> river again resulted in<strong>the</strong> formation <strong>of</strong> what many have termed <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong>'s favor-

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