Battles of the Great CommandersJoseph, 1987 - 200 pages "Twenty famous victories, won by some of the most outstanding field commanders in history, are ... portrayed in this ... book. Selected because of their vital contribution to the development of battlefield tactics, the commanders in this book span more than two thousand years of warfare ... The battles chosen reveal the vital links between the manner in which victory was achieved and the military skill and leadership of each great commander"--Jacket. |
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... elephants The first recorded use of war elephants was their deployment by Darius at Gaugamela . The Indian elephants , complete with towers containing several soldiers , so im- pressed Alexander and his successors that , from 326 BC ...
... elephants The first recorded use of war elephants was their deployment by Darius at Gaugamela . The Indian elephants , complete with towers containing several soldiers , so im- pressed Alexander and his successors that , from 326 BC ...
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... elephants stampeded , the attacker may find his army thrown into confusion and demoralized . Hannibal opened the Battle of Zama , on a hot , windless , early autumn day , by ordering his 80 elephants , stationed in the centre of his ...
... elephants stampeded , the attacker may find his army thrown into confusion and demoralized . Hannibal opened the Battle of Zama , on a hot , windless , early autumn day , by ordering his 80 elephants , stationed in the centre of his ...
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... elephants . A single elephant might disrupt an army , 80 must surely destroy it ; such was Hannibal's thinking . He there- fore placed his elephants in the centre , ahead of the front line of infantry . Behind the elephants were ...
... elephants . A single elephant might disrupt an army , 80 must surely destroy it ; such was Hannibal's thinking . He there- fore placed his elephants in the centre , ahead of the front line of infantry . Behind the elephants were ...
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FOREWORD by General Sir John Hackett | 6 |
SCIPIO AFRICANUS Battle of Zama October 202 BC | 20 |
GENGHIS KHAN Battle of the Indus 24 November 1221 | 28 |
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