Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

So THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
fighting thus until daybreak and until the bright-
ness of noon, and blood flowed freely among them
on all sides, and many of the soldiers in each
army perished. And when the soldiers were wearied
each army withdrew to its camp that they might
rest themselves a little, but when they joined in
battle once again the strife between them was
AfortydayB' prolonged for forty days, and the number of the
Tactics of
Darius.
men who were slain on both sides is known to
none save their Creator. Now when Alexander
knew that his horsemen and his foot-soldiers
were wearied and worn out, and that the strength
of all his men in whom he had inspired confidence
had fallen to the ground [p. 44], he was terrified
for them and feared greatly: and he withdrew
[from the fight] his foot-soldiers and his horse-
men, and all such as were left of his warriors and
fighting men.
And it came to pass at this time that
Darius the king dug out places and entrenched
them, and he placed in each trench twelve
companies (?) of horsemen, who continued the
battle by charging into Alexander's camp from
time to time in turns : now their charges only took
place at the fifth hour [of the day]. And Darius had
commanded his troops to bring unto him each day the
heads of two Greeks belonging to Alexander's army,
and they captured the heads of two Greeks [each day].
Then Alexander was afraid for himself, and he said,
"They will slay [all] my friends by this method of
"warfare, and there is no way in which I can do