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 . the rains, though in the dry season relatively small andclear, could be seen Porus with his superbly accoutred armydra^\^l up in battle array before his camp and with his threehundred elephants ranged in front, ready to disj^ute the pas-sage. According to Diodorus, Porus had more than fiftythousand infantry, three thousand cavalry, one thousand char-iots and one hundred and thirty elephants; according to Cur-tius
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 . the rains, though in the dry season relatively small andclear, could be seen Porus with his superbly accoutred armydra^\^l up in battle array before his camp and with his threehundred elephants ranged in front, ready to disj^ute the pas-sage. According to Diodorus, Porus had more than fiftythousand infantry, three thousand cavalry, one thousand char-iots and one hundred and thirty elephants; according to Cur-tius, he had thirty thousand foot, three hundred chariots and eighty-five elephants. The Indians were tall, athletic and agile. The infantry were armed with bows five feet long, shot arrows of three feet, and bore a long two-handed sword. Their shields were raw hide. The horsemen had two javelins and a shield, presumably also a sword. Porus, like other Eastern leaders, relied mainly on his elephants ; then on his chariots; next on camels when he had them; last on cavalry. Such was the value placed on these several arms. Porus infantry did not accomplish much in the coming War Elephant. THE RIVER WELL GUARDED. 543 though the Indian mercenaries in the Cophen region hadfought more desperately than any troops Alexander encoun-tered east of Babylon. Alexanders tactics made it useless. Porus had sent strong detachments under experienced cap-tains to guard every fordable part of the river and keep a line
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