Elephants are awesome; I use them whenever I can get them and have enough cash. Here they were used by the AI, though, which should explain much of the fail.
Unfortunately, two of the elephants died right after I took this picture: my Lusotannan general's javelins had been a little too effective. The third one survived longer and appeared to get stuck right in the middle of the gate, though, so it took out a fair amount more before joining its fallen friends. The biggest effect it had though I think was creating enough chaos and confusion to slow them down enough so that my reinforcements could make it into the city and save the day.
Quite an entertaining battle, I must say.
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