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Page 73
... cavalry and infantry were Philip's two staple units , and he balanced them into a coherent line . On the right wing , the cavalry delivered the hammer blow , and in the centre , the infantry followed up like a heavy press ; this was his ...
... cavalry and infantry were Philip's two staple units , and he balanced them into a coherent line . On the right wing , the cavalry delivered the hammer blow , and in the centre , the infantry followed up like a heavy press ; this was his ...
Page 173
... cavalry was bold , and entirely successful . The enemy archers , light infantry and heavy cavalry gave way at the first shock ; there was much jostling , whereupon the Companions , pulling hard on their bits , managed to swing their ...
... cavalry was bold , and entirely successful . The enemy archers , light infantry and heavy cavalry gave way at the first shock ; there was much jostling , whereupon the Companions , pulling hard on their bits , managed to swing their ...
Page 234
... cavalry , while closer to the line the plain had been levelled for a counter charge by the two hundred Persian scythed chariots . Their antique form of attack had been evaded by Greeks with success before , but in the circumstances they ...
... cavalry , while closer to the line the plain had been levelled for a counter charge by the two hundred Persian scythed chariots . Their antique form of attack had been evaded by Greeks with success before , but in the circumstances they ...
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Achilles Aegean Alex Alex.'s Alexander Alexander's death Alexandria allies already Ammon Antipater Aristob Aristotle army Asia Athenian Athens Babylon Bactria battle Berve s.v. Bessus Callisthenes camp cavalry chariot Cleit coins command court Craterus Darius Darius's desert Dionysus east Egypt Egyptian elephants empire enemy exiles father favour fleet Foot Companions friends Gaugamela gods Greece Greek Greek cities Hamadan Hephaistion Heracles hero Hindu Kush historians Homeric honour horsemen horses hundred Indian Indus infantry Iran Iranian king's known land later Lyncestian Macedonian Makran mercenaries miles mountains murder native Nearchus never nomads numbers officers Olympias once ordered oriental Oxus palace Parmenion past Perdiccas perhaps Persepolis Persian king Pharaoh Philip Philotas plans probably proskynesis Ptol Ptolemy river road Roman route royal sarissas satrap sent Shield Bearers ships Siwah Sogdian story Susa temple tribes troops Tyre victory wrote Zeus