. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . of water at length obliged the Greeks to moveslightly westwards, their right wing descending as faras the spring of Gargaphia, and their left to the bankof the Asopos. But this position facing east, exposedthem so seriously to the attacks of the light Asiatic horse. 238 THE LAST DAYS OP THE OLD EASTERN WORLD that after enduring it for ten days they raised their campand fell back in the night on Platsea. Unaccustomed tomanoeuvre together, they were unable to preserve theirdistances; when day dawned, their lines, instead of pre-senting
. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . of water at length obliged the Greeks to moveslightly westwards, their right wing descending as faras the spring of Gargaphia, and their left to the bankof the Asopos. But this position facing east, exposedthem so seriously to the attacks of the light Asiatic horse. 238 THE LAST DAYS OP THE OLD EASTERN WORLD that after enduring it for ten days they raised their campand fell back in the night on Platsea. Unaccustomed tomanoeuvre together, they were unable to preserve theirdistances; when day dawned, their lines, instead of pre-senting a continuous front, were distributed into threeunequal bodies occupying various parts of the unhesitatingly seized his opportunity. Hecrossed the Asopos, ordered the Thebans to attack the Athenians, and with thebulk of his Asiatictroops charged theSpartan , as at Marathon,the superiority of equip-ment soon gave theGreeks the advantage:Mardonius was killedwhile leading the chargeof the Persian guard,and, as is almost always. the case among Orientals, his death decided the issue of thebattle. The Immortals were cut to pieces round his deadbody, while the rest took flight and sought refuge in theircamp. Almost simultaneously the Athenians succeeded inrouting the Boeotians. They took the entrenchments byassault, gained possession of an immense quantity of spoil,and massacred many of the defenders, but they could notprevent Artabazus from retiring in perfect order with40,000 of his best troops protected by his cavalry. Heretired successively from Thessaly, Macedonia, and Thrace,
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