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

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WHA T HAD BEEN DONE. 527<strong>the</strong>se riv^ers ; had driven <strong>the</strong> barbarians back into <strong>the</strong> mountains,<strong>and</strong> held <strong>the</strong> more important passes, as well as controlled<strong>the</strong> valleys at Andaca <strong>and</strong> Arigaium ; had fortifiedMassaga, Ora, Bazira, which controlled <strong>the</strong> l<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Assacenians,<strong>and</strong> shortly after took Peucela, which comm<strong>and</strong>ed<strong>the</strong> west bank <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Indus. The whole cis-Indus l<strong>and</strong> wasunder Macedonian control. The Gates to India were firmlygrasped. But one place still held out. The Macedonianscalled it Aornus — "'a spot higher than <strong>the</strong> flight <strong>of</strong>birds."<strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong>.IFrom a Statue in Dresden.)

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