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 . xiliary cavaliy under Philip,son of Menelaus, but as separate corps. Next to the Companions and Thessalians came light cavalrycarrying sword and javelin. These were mostly mercenarytroops. Later Alexander made a special body of sarissophorior lancers. Just wherein they differed from other pike-carry-ing horsemen, unless that the lance was longer, is not known. Third were the di-machias (two - fash-ioned fighters)
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 . xiliary cavaliy under Philip,son of Menelaus, but as separate corps. Next to the Companions and Thessalians came light cavalrycarrying sword and javelin. These were mostly mercenarytroops. Later Alexander made a special body of sarissophorior lancers. Just wherein they differed from other pike-carry-ing horsemen, unless that the lance was longer, is not known. Third were the di-machias (two - fash-ioned fighters), lightdragoons, who couldengage either on footor mounted. They hadlight defensive armorand shields, swords anda lance which theycould use for thrust-ing or casting. Theyopened the combatand pursued the bro-ken enemy. Thesewere a sort of mounted peltast, midway between heavy andirregular cavalry. They seem to have fought much as ourown cavalry did in the civil war. Some of the dimachiascarried bows. The light cavalry was especially recruited among the used to mix archers and sometimes targeteers, i. e.,peltasts, or sometimes even shield-bearing guards with his. Light Horseman. HOW THE CAVALRYMAN RODE. 155 horse. These footmen proved usefxil in cheeking disorder,and the archers were so active as to be able to keep up withthe horse in all their marches and evolutions.
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