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 . Alexander. Hesaw that the enemy had outwitted him, had crossed a river heought to have been able to hold, or, at least, in the passageof which he could have inflicted heavy losses on the must now fight on the plain instead of at the river fords. 552 THE ARMIES APPROACH. The Indian king was much taken aback, and uncertainwhat to do. Alexanders manoeuvre had been intended todeceive, and had completely dece
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 . Alexander. Hesaw that the enemy had outwitted him, had crossed a river heought to have been able to hold, or, at least, in the passageof which he could have inflicted heavy losses on the must now fight on the plain instead of at the river fords. 552 THE ARMIES APPROACH. The Indian king was much taken aback, and uncertainwhat to do. Alexanders manoeuvre had been intended todeceive, and had completely deceived him. He coidd seeCraterus actually preparing to cross, and could count a largebody of troops with him. Yet he knew Alexander to be byfar the more dangerous foe, though he had no idea of whichhad the bulk of the trooj)s. He very clearly recognized hiserror in sending only two thousand men against Alexander,and determined now to repair it by crushing him by numbersbefore he could be joined by reinforcements from across theriver. He therefore marched directly towards the king, leav-ing a few elephants and an adequate force opposite the campto prevent Craterus from Alexander.(From a Statue in the Louvre.) XLI. BATTLE OF THE HYDASPES. MAY, B. C. 326. PoRtTS had set up his two hundred elephants in one line, one hundred feetapart, sustained by his thirty thousand infantry; one hundred and fifty char-iots and two thousand cavalry were on each flank. His ideas were limited to aparallel order, and he chose a defensive battle. Alexander had his phalanx ofsix thousand men; some three thousand light troops, and, above all, five thou-sand splendid cavalry. Eliminating the elephants and the chariots, Alexanderhad a good chance to win. But could these be neutralized ? The Macedonianhorse could not be got to approach the elephants ; nor was the infantry steadyin their vicinity. Alexander saw that he could not advance direct on chose rather to attack his left flank; and
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