During a late portion of this military campaign, a friendly chief advised the army to tie bags around the feet of his horses, so the horses would not sink to their bellies in the snow.
During a late portion of this military campaign, a friendly chief advised the army to tie bags around the feet of his horses, so the horses would not sink to their bellies in the snow. That army had to live upon cattle stolen from the Taochians as it navigated through the country of the Chalybes, filled with barbarians who were said to sing and dance as the enemy approached. The central army in this campaign chose Cheirisophus as its commander after several of its officers were led into a tent during a feast and decapitated by Tissaphernes. That event led to a retreat through Armenia which allegedly ended with the exclamation ";Thalatta! Thalatta!"; on sight of the Black Sea. This campaign, initially led by Clearchus up through the Battle of Cunaxa, was named for a force assembled by Cyrus the Younger to dethrone Artaxerxes II. For 10 points, name this expedition described in the Anabasis by Xenophon, and named for the number of Greek soldiers which participated.
During a late portion of this military campaign, a friendly chief advised the army to tie bags around the feet of his horses, so the horses would not sink to their bellies in the snow.
Expedition/Retreat/March of the  Ten Thousand [accept the Battle of  Cunaxa before it is mentioned, prompt on general descriptive answers such ―campaign of  Cyrus the Younger‖ or ―Clearchus‖]