Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from the earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, , with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian . ^ sending forward a. 476 VICTORY OVER SCYTHIANS. regiment of Greek auxiliary cavalry and four squadrons of lancers, in all one thousandtwo hundred strong. These^Xt^T^ the Scythians smartly attacked, ^ and by riding in circles around ^~-Ct:j;;2^j^^^—--^ them, according to their meth-e -^ od of attack, without comins: fccytniaus. o to close quarters, woundedmany with their arrows and darts, and tlireatened them
Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from the earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, , with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian . ^ sending forward a. 476 VICTORY OVER SCYTHIANS. regiment of Greek auxiliary cavalry and four squadrons of lancers, in all one thousandtwo hundred strong. These^Xt^T^ the Scythians smartly attacked, ^ and by riding in circles around ^~-Ct:j;;2^j^^^—--^ them, according to their meth-e -^ od of attack, without comins: fccytniaus. o to close quarters, woundedmany with their arrows and darts, and tlireatened them withdefeat. Seeing his men close pressed, Alexander, covered bythe archers, Agrianians and light troops under Balacrus, ledforward the cavahy in one body, and compelled the Scythiansto forsake their skirmishing tactics and form line. Then,throwing part of the light horse about their flank, he himselfheaded three squadrons of Companion cavalry and the horselancers, and advanced sharply on the enemy in column. TheScythians, finding themselves unable to use their peculiarskirmishing tactics on account of the rapid manoeuvres ofAlexanders columns, lost head, and, unequal to the task of aclash with the
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