. Great captains : a course of six lectures showing the influence on the art of war of the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Cæsar, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick, and Napoleon. d been consumed since he left Persepolis. It was May, 326. Alexander was in the Punjaub, the land of the fiverivers. The Hydaspes was swollen with the storms ofthe rainy season and the melting snows of the rnnda \^re ^ On the farther side of theriver, a half-mile wide, could be seen Porus, noted as thebravest and most able king in India^with his army drawnup before his camp and his elephants
. Great captains : a course of six lectures showing the influence on the art of war of the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Cæsar, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick, and Napoleon. d been consumed since he left Persepolis. It was May, 326. Alexander was in the Punjaub, the land of the fiverivers. The Hydaspes was swollen with the storms ofthe rainy season and the melting snows of the rnnda \^re ^ On the farther side of theriver, a half-mile wide, could be seen Porus, noted as thebravest and most able king in India^with his army drawnup before his camp and his elephants and war-chariotsin front, ready to dispute his crossing. The Hydaspes isnowhere fordable, except in the dry season. Alexandersaw that he could not force a passage in the face of this ALEXANDER. 17 array, and concluded to manoeuvre for a chance to had learned from experience that the Indians weregood fighters. His cavalry could not be made to facetheir elephants. He was reduced to stratagem, and whathe did has ever since been the model for the passage ofrivers, when the enemy occupies the other bank. Alex-ander first tried to convince Porus that he intended to. Battle of TheHyoaspes B£.a26. J J wait till the river fell, and carefully spread a rumor tothis effect. He devastated the country, accumulated vaststores in his camp, and settled his troops in continued active in scouting the river-banks, andheld all the crossings in force. Alexander sent parties inboats up and down the stream to distract his attention. [He made many feints at crossing by night. He put thephalanx under arms in the light of the camp-fires ; blewthe signals to move ; marched the horse up and down ; gotthe boats ready to load. To oppose all this Porus would 18 GREAT CAPTAINS. bring down his elephants to the banks, order his menunder arms, and so remain till daylight, lest he should besurprised. After some time Porus began to weary his troops bymarching them out in the inclement wea
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