Famous and Decisive Battles of the World: Or, History from the Battle-field |
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advance Alexander allies arms army artillery Asopus assault attack Austrian battalions batteries battle Boeotia brave brigade Cæsar camp Carthage cavalry centre charge Charles columns command corps crossed cuirassiers Darius dash defenders desperate division Duke eager east enemy England English Epaminondas fall back field fight fire flank force forward fought France Frederick French front gallant garrison Greece ground guard guns Gustavus Hannibal heavy heights horse horsemen hundred infantry killed King King of Sweden leader legions light Lord Lucan Macedon Macedonian Mardonius Marlborough miles move Napoleon Narva night numbers o'clock officers once Persian phalanx plain plateau Pompey position Prince rallied ranks rear regiments ridge road Roman Rome rush Russian Saladin Saracens Saxon sent side slopes soldiers Southern Spartan spears squadrons strong Sweden sweep sword Theban Thebes thousand Torgau troops utterly valley Varro victory walls wing wounded Xerxes
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