Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, : with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian . therefore, Alexandersent the column of Artabazus and Coenus into MassagetanScythia, whither he had heard that Spitamenes had fled, andassuming personal direction of the others, marched on therebellious towns in Sogdiana, which were as yet a campaign of marvelous marches, he reduced them toa fidl sense of their helplessness, and again returned to Mara-canda. No details of this campaign exist. Spita
Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, : with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian . therefore, Alexandersent the column of Artabazus and Coenus into MassagetanScythia, whither he had heard that Spitamenes had fled, andassuming personal direction of the others, marched on therebellious towns in Sogdiana, which were as yet a campaign of marvelous marches, he reduced them toa fidl sense of their helplessness, and again returned to Mara-canda. No details of this campaign exist. Spitamenes had collected a force of six hundred Massage-tan horsemen in addition to some of his old troops, and withthese he made a descent on an outlying fort in Bactriana,garrisoned by Macedonians. This chieftain by no meanslacked ability. He manoeuvred so as to induce the garrison 490 ANOTHER DEFEAT. to leave the fort, waylaid it by a cunning ambush, capturedthe place, and slew every man. Emboldened by his success,he advanced, burning and ravaging, to Zariaspa. He hadcollected much booty, but declined to attack the town. Afew convalescent Companions, as above stated, constituted. Final Sogdianian Campaign. the paltry force at Zariaspa with a few attendants ; but withthem was Peithon, son of Sosides, Aristonicus, eighty Greekmercenary horsemen, and a few pages. These, though amere handful, were not to be dismayed. They sallied out,fell opportunely upon the Scythians, gave them a sound beat-ing, took away their booty, and slew a large number of them ;after which handsome work they were returning to Zariaspa,supposing themselves beyond danger, and probably in looseorder, when they fell into an ambuscade, and lost seven Com-panions and sixty mercenary cavalrymen. Aristonicus waskilled. Peithon, wounded, fell into the enemys hands. Thecity barely escaped capture. Spitamenes threatened to maketrouble, when Craterus (where he was at the moment doesnot appear), hearing of the situation b
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