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 . me number of foot and fifteen thousand horse; al- CONQUESTS ON BOTH BANKS. 591 most the only definite statement on the subject since following taxes are named: Coenus, Polysperchon, Me-leager, Cvaterus, Philotas, Alcestas, Attains, Gorgias, Clitus,Balaerus, Philip, Peithon, Antigenes. Philip he then directedto march across to the Acesines and down that river, to as-sure himself of the possession of its
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 . me number of foot and fifteen thousand horse; al- CONQUESTS ON BOTH BANKS. 591 most the only definite statement on the subject since following taxes are named: Coenus, Polysperchon, Me-leager, Cvaterus, Philotas, Alcestas, Attains, Gorgias, Clitus,Balaerus, Philip, Peithon, Antigenes. Philip he then directedto march across to the Acesines and down that river, to as-sure himself of the possession of its western bank. Hephaes-tion and Craterus were given fresh orders as to their march,which were to sweep farther inland; and as they proceededdown the Hydaspes they reduced by force or surrender thetribes through whose land they passed. But he himselfcontinued his voyage down the river Hydaspes, the channelof which is nowhere less than twenty stades broad. Mooringhis vessels near the banks wherever he could, he receivedsome of the Indians dwelling near into aUegiance by theirvoluntary surrender, while he reduced by force those whocame into a trial of strength with him. (Arrian.). Modern Statue of Alexander in the Tuileries Garden. XLIV. THE MALLIANS. NOVEMBER, B, C. 326, TO FEBRUARY, B. C. 325. At the confluence of the Hydaspes with the Acesines were dangerous these a number of ships were lost and damaged. From here Alexander un-dertook a campaign against the Mallians. This tribe was about to be joined bythe Oxydracians, but Alexander anticipated them. He divided his army intothree columns. One he himself headed, to march across a desert tract againstthe Mallians, for the reason that they did not expect him from that direction;on his left, Ptolemy, three marches up river, was to intercept the Malliansif they fled thither; on his right, Hephsestion, five marches down river, was toperform the like oifice; Nearchus and Craterus remained with the baggageand fleet. Marching
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