Book 12
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Again, he says that on the approach of the enemy Darius himself, who was on the centre, ordered up the mercenaries from the wing. It is difficult to see what he means by this: for the point of junction of the mercenaries and the cavalry must have been at the centre. Where and how then, and to what point could Darius, who was himself actually among the mercenaries, be said to order them up?
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Lastly, he says that the cavalry on the right wing charged Alexander; and that his men stood the charge gallantly, and, making a counter charge, kept up an obstinate fight. But he quite forgets that there was a river between them, a river, too, of the nature that he had just himself described.See note to previous chapter.
