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

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596 AN ASTONISHING MARCH.was <strong>the</strong> last water to be had till<strong>the</strong> army reached <strong>the</strong> city towhich <strong>the</strong> largest force <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Mallians had fled, — for on <strong>the</strong>failure <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> scheme <strong>of</strong> confederation all <strong>the</strong> barbarians hadretired to <strong>the</strong>ir respective strongholds,— <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong> rested <strong>the</strong>Mallian Campaign.army <strong>and</strong> gave each man orders to fill whatever vessels he hadon h<strong>and</strong> with water to last him across <strong>the</strong> desert tract before<strong>the</strong>m. From this water on, <strong>the</strong> march occupied <strong>the</strong> balance<strong>of</strong> this day <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> succeeding night, no stop being made <strong>and</strong>about forty-five miles (four hundred stades) being covered inthis time, a remarkable march for <strong>the</strong> twenty-four hours.<strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong> had calculated well in choosins^ this route so as to

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