Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from the earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, , with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian . out seven miles (sixtystades) in circum-ference at the difficult, narrow,winding road, arti-ficially made, easilydefended, and some-thing over two miles(twenty stades)long, was its soleoutlet. This wasnot easy of ascent,which must be madein single file, evenwhen no one barredthe way. The onlyheight near by,from which the rockcould be approached, was separated from it by a deep ravinethrough which rushe
Alexander : a history of the origin and growth of the art of war from the earliest times to the battle of Ipsus, , with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Macedonian . out seven miles (sixtystades) in circum-ference at the difficult, narrow,winding road, arti-ficially made, easilydefended, and some-thing over two miles(twenty stades)long, was its soleoutlet. This wasnot easy of ascent,which must be madein single file, evenwhen no one barredthe way. The onlyheight near by,from which the rockcould be approached, was separated from it by a deep ravinethrough which rushed a violent mountain torrent. Thismust be bridged by a causeway in order to get near the says the ravine ran all round the rock. The place inquestion was probably the only spot high enough to operatefrom. Though it was deemed entirely impracticable, Alex-ander nevertheless undertook the task. From the heightmentioned, the soldiers were obliged to use ladders to descendinto the ravine, the walls of which were very steep. Theseladders were made by cutting down the pine-trees, whichwere here abundant and lofty. « Once in the ravine, Alexander began to build up a sort of. Rock of Chorienes. CHORIENES SURRENDERS, 505 trestle-work of covered galleries, the whole army working atit, one half by day, under superintendence of Alexander, andthe other half in three watches by night, under the somato-phylaxes Perdiccas, Leonnatus, and Ptolemy, son of all their efforts, but thirty feet could be built duringthe day; at night the stint was less. In the narrowest partof the ravine they drove piles, close enough to sustain greatweight. On these they constructed a sort of bridge of hur-dles, woven of willows and osiers, and this was covered withearth. The barbarians began by deriding these efforts ; butwhen they saw the structure rise, and covered in such a man-ner with screens and roofs, that, although below them, theycould not harm the Macedonians ; while these, from en
Size: 1430px × 1746px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade189, booksubjectmilitaryartandscience
