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 . imulant on every soldier in the ranks. The river had to be crossed, but this difficulty only raisedthe spirits of the men who had fought their way across theGranicus. The north bank of the Pinarus was in most partssteep; where it was low, Darius had caused a stockade to beerected. The water was everywhere fordable. The battle was about to open. The enthusiasm of theMacedonians rose to boiling point. In order to k
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 . imulant on every soldier in the ranks. The river had to be crossed, but this difficulty only raisedthe spirits of the men who had fought their way across theGranicus. The north bank of the Pinarus was in most partssteep; where it was low, Darius had caused a stockade to beerected. The water was everywhere fordable. The battle was about to open. The enthusiasm of theMacedonians rose to boiling point. In order to keep the lineintact and free from wavering, the phalangites advancedslowly to the sound of music, as they were wont to do on pa-i-ade, with measured tread and soldierly bearing, until, reach- A SHARP ATTACK. 311 ing the zone of darts, at a preconcertecl signal, and headed byAlexander and the agema, they took the double-quick, anddashed into the river with the shout which their enemies hadalways heard with dread, and which the hills sent rever-berating back to the sea. This rapid attack both astonishedthe Persians and saved themselves from being long under the CAv C0/«\PAN\OH5f. HVPASPiSTS ^ C K /Aerc i Issus (Alexanders manoeuvre). fire of missiles. Where Alexander fought In jierson, near theright, so soon as the troops came to close work, the Persiansgave way in disorder, being, as we have shown, taken some-what in reverse by the position which the bend in the riverenabled him to give the line. It will be seen that this bend in the river again resulted inthe formation of what many have termed Alexanders favor- 312 DARIUS LEFT BROKEN. ite method, — an oblique order of battle, tbe left refused. Itwas again accidental, but none the less effective. It enabledhim to force the attack on the Persian left centre, which hesaw was the weak point of Darius line. The impact of the Companions and hyj^aspists was tremen-dous. There was but a brief resistance. No soldiers underDarius stand
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