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 . om each cavalry regiment and the horse-bowmen. These three columns kept near the coast and, onthe way, dug wells in all the large coves from which the fleetmight get water, when it should sail by. These wells weremarked in such a manner as to be easily found. Hephaestionfollowed with the main army on a line farther inland. Thisdivision of forces was made in order to cover as wide a spaceas possible, and pick up a
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 . om each cavalry regiment and the horse-bowmen. These three columns kept near the coast and, onthe way, dug wells in all the large coves from which the fleetmight get water, when it should sail by. These wells weremarked in such a manner as to be easily found. Hephaestionfollowed with the main army on a line farther inland. Thisdivision of forces was made in order to cover as wide a spaceas possible, and pick up as many of the barbarians as should 620 A HUGE SKIRMISH LINE. scatter towards the desert. The Arabitians dwelt on thehither side of the river Arabius (Purali), and the Oritianson the farther side. Neither had sent ambassadors to sue forfriendship, which neglect, in Alexanders code, at once placedthese tribes in the rank of his enemies. The Arabitians, onlearning of the approach of the Macedonians, fled towardsthe desert as had been anticipated. The Oritians Alexanderreached in one nights march across a desert stretch beyondthe Arabius. He divided his cavalry into detachments by. Oritian Campaign. squadrons, and sent these out at given distances from eachother like a huge skirmish line, in order to cover a large partof the plain, the cavalry advance being sustained by the in-fantry in closer order. He thus speedily covered the entireterritory of the Oritians. This was an odd mancEuvre, butwell adapted to the conditions, which, after all said, is alwaysthe test. This was not the age of the new military art, norwas the division of an army subject to the grave dangeragainst the barbarians, which it would be to-day againstcivilized nations. A small force of the well-armed and per-fectly disciplined Macedonians was equal to a horde of thesenomads. The inhabitants were sold as slaves and the land waswasted wherever he met resistance, and finding the capital SIZE OF THE ARMY. 621 of the
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