Alexander the GreatAllen Lane, 1973 - 568 pages Series follows well-known personalities back to the ancient times in which they lived. |
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... officer's figures , this meant a massacre of more than 15,000 men . The battle was fought and won in exactly the style which Parmenion , according to Alexander's officers , had wrongly advised . Cunning at dawn , perhaps , seemed less ...
... officer's figures , this meant a massacre of more than 15,000 men . The battle was fought and won in exactly the style which Parmenion , according to Alexander's officers , had wrongly advised . Cunning at dawn , perhaps , seemed less ...
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... officers , these sorties were repelled ' without difficulty ' at the west and north - east gates ; in fact , the first two waves did their job splendidly and Alexander himself was compelled to bear the brunt of their onslaught . The ...
... officers , these sorties were repelled ' without difficulty ' at the west and north - east gates ; in fact , the first two waves did their job splendidly and Alexander himself was compelled to bear the brunt of their onslaught . The ...
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... officers . a But it was the pattern of command which wore the newest look . The Foot Companions had been rearmed and were still brigaded in seven battalions whose officers , where changed , were brothers of the previous barons ; the ...
... officers . a But it was the pattern of command which wore the newest look . The Foot Companions had been rearmed and were still brigaded in seven battalions whose officers , where changed , were brothers of the previous barons ; the ...
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