04-14-2009, 10:49 PM
Paralus wrote:
Are you suggesting that a few thousand under Alexander took on arelatively small force under Porus? Evidence?
Quote:Reconstructions which suppose that the mercenaries (and others under Meleagher) join in when battle is engaged - as do Craterus' brigades - are not supported by the available source material. Nor is an army of 30-50,000 infantry for Porus a reality. Indeed if the spacing of the elephants is correct, Porus has a Persian style polyglot of rediculous numbers which Alexander takes on with the hypapspist brigades and two regular brigades of infantry....this is all a bit cryptic. Could you perhaps post a little more fully, giving reasons for your statements. For example, the sources refer to the troops under Meleager, and the troops under Craterus in quite different ways. What reasons do you have for thinking Porus' army did not number of the order of 30,000 ? ( other than supposition based in turn on the supposed size of the force under Alexander - and directly contrary to what the sources say)
Are you suggesting that a few thousand under Alexander took on arelatively small force under Porus? Evidence?
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
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