I organised my men in two lines, Pezhetairoi in the first line, with peltastai in the second line
supported by light skirmishers. The small group of Persian archers formed up behind the skirmishers
and I ordered the Dahae skirmisher cavalry to wait well back behind the lines and prepare for the
elephantes to arrive.
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It wasn’t long before the elephants arrived. It seemed that this time they would be used to disrupt
our lines for the infantry to attack, rather then attacking after we were already tired, like they did to my grandfather.
I ordered the Dahae cavalry to attack the approaching elephantes.
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They were more effective than I could have hoped. Watching the javelins so easily toppling those
huge beasts it was hard to imagine that they could have given Theodotos so much trouble.
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The guild warriors then started issuing forth from the city. There were more than Theodotos had faced.
A lot more.
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Some cautiously attacked the front of the Pezhetairoi unable to break the sarissai wall.
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While others flanked, charging the peltastai defending the flanks of the phalanx.
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Antimachos, seeing they were in trouble, rode into the fray, wreaking havoc amongst the enemy
warriors. The Kataphraktoi were winning but many were unhorsed and it seemed this would be a
costly fight.
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Yet another group of enemy warriors was preparing to attack the flanks of Antimachos.
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So I ordered my cavalry to charge the tired enemy, quickly sending them fleeing for the safety of the walls.
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Riding back to survey the battlefield, I noticed that on the opposite flank, the enemy were becoming
exhausted, so I ordered my still fresh pezhetairoi to break formation and charge.
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The battle did not last much longer before the enemy broke formation and tried to flee. In a fit of
rage like I have seldom felt before, seeing so many of my men lying dead, I ordered that not a single
enemy man was to leave the battle field alive.