Quote Originally Posted by Watchman
...which said, all the three big pitched battles in Persia actually used pretty much the exact same basic plan. No wonder by Gaugamela Dareios was massing all of his heaviest close-combat cavalry on his left...
... but some people get a strange idea that the refused flank with a heavy cavalry wing on the right is the best phalanx strategy ever.... which is bad and wrong since every situation needs to be sized up according to its context so you can figure out the most efficient way to incapacitate your foe.