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

TYRE SUCCUMBS. 339violence of the assault and the multitude of missiles.Uponstill other vessels he placed his best troops, the shield-bearingguards under Admetus, and the phalangial brigade of Cceuus.He proposed to lead the assault in person. He sent parts ofhis fleet to the mouths of both harbors to endeavor to forcean entrance, by breaking the chains which barred them.the rest were put to use to assist in the final struggle.AllAftersome hours' effort, he succeeded in opening a still widerbreach, the battering vessels were withdrawn, and the twowhich had been fitted with bridges were brought up ; thebridges were thrown, and the shield-bearing guards, underthe personal eye of Alexander, mounted to the assault. Theaffair was sustained inTyrians ;the most courageous manner by thebut when the Macedonians had once got a footingupon the wall, they pushed back the enemy with their accustomedgallantry.spear.Admetus was the first to fall, pierced by aAlexander with Coenus and the phalangians followedup this success, and having taken several towers and the wallbetween them, advanced fighting along the battlements towardsthe royal citadel. For this was an easier means ofapproach than to descend to the level of the city streets,The citadel was taken.Meanwhile, the fleet atboth harbors — the Phoenicians atthe EgjT)tian, and the Cjqjrians at the Sidonian — had foundits way in, and, making short work of the Tyrian vessels, capturedthe north and south fronts of the city, erectedand soon forced an entrance.laddersBeing thus taken between twofires, the stronger force of Tyrians opposite Alexander desertedthe walls and rallied near the temple of Agenor. ButAlexander, who, after the death ofAdmetus, had headed theshield-bearing guards, emerged from the citadel and soonbroke down all opposition ; and the enemy being attackedfrom all sides by Coenus and by the men of the fleet, a fear-