Alexander 334-323 BC by John Warry

Author:John Warry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Alexander 334–323 BC: Conquest of the Persian Empire
ISBN: 9781472801999
Publisher: Osprey Publishing

THE BATTLE OF GAUGAMELA

Four days after crossing the River Tigris, Alexander’s scouts sighted Persian cavalry in the distance. On being informed, Alexander drew up his army in order of battle and, thus deployed, advanced slowly. Later intelligence revealed that the Persian force was but an advance party, no more than 1,000 in number. Leaving his army to continue its slow advance, Alexander rode on ahead with his royal squadron and a detachment of light Paeonian horsemen. The Persians fled at his approach, but he gave chase, killing some of the enemy and capturing others. From these prisoners he learned much concerning the strength and movements of Darius’s army and of the various contingents that formed it. The Persian Empire, even after Alexander had detached from it Asia Minor, Egypt and the Levant coast, was still vast, and its military potential was formidable.

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