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 . They had by no means anticipated that Alexander wouldcome upon them, over all but impassable mountain roads, bynight. This very thing Alexander seized and acted on, — ashe was wont to do ; and by putting into execution the unex-pected, he won with a handful in a few hours, and with slightloss, what all Persia had not been able to win in many gen-erations and with unlimited forces. Alexanders capacity fordoing the
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 . They had by no means anticipated that Alexander wouldcome upon them, over all but impassable mountain roads, bynight. This very thing Alexander seized and acted on, — ashe was wont to do ; and by putting into execution the unex-pected, he won with a handful in a few hours, and with slightloss, what all Persia had not been able to win in many gen-erations and with unlimited forces. Alexanders capacity fordoing the apt thing was always equaled by his utter con-tempt of difficulty, and both together gave to his efforts suchuniform success. The Uxians at once sued for peace. Alexander proposedto extirj)ate this tribe, but Sisygambis, the queen-mother,pleaded for them, and, after some hesitation, Alexandergranted her prayer, and gave them permission to retain theirterritory by delivering as tribute one hundred horses, fivehundred beeves, and thirty thousand sheep a year, — theybeing shepherds, and never having money or other Uxian territory was added to the Susian Alexander.(From a broken Cameo in the Louvre, thought to be by Pyrgoteles) XXIX. THE PERSIAN GATES. DECEMBER, B. C. 331, TO MARCH, B. C. 330. From the Uxian mountains Alexander sent Parmenio with the train andheavy troops towards Persis, by the road south of the range; with the lighterand picked troops he advanced through the mountains, where at the PersianGates Ariobarzanes and forty thousand men now held the defile. Reachingthe position, Alexander essayed to force it, hoping for the same success he hadmet with at the Cilician Gates. But he found the task impossible, and wasdriven hack with much loss. He was at a standstill. The pass could not becarried. Yet he must not leave this force behind him in his advance on Persep-olis; it could create a dangerous diversion in his rear. Luckily, among his pris-o
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