Basil Liddell Hart and J.F.C. Fuller cited this battle as the inspiration for their proto-Blitzkrieg tactics after the battle of Cambrai.
Basil Liddell Hart and J.F.C. Fuller cited this battle as the inspiration for their proto-Blitzkrieg tactics after the battle of Cambrai. During this battle, the losing side's Indian war elephants and scythed chariots proved useless against well-rested hypaspists and sarissa-armed phalangites. The losing side's cavalry reached the supply train guarded by Parmenio, which forced the winning commander to halt pursuit of the routed enemy. (*) Bessus, the Satrap of Bactria, retreated from this battle and later killed its losing commander, who, as in the earlier Battle of Issus, was driven from the field by the Companion Cavalry. For 10 points, name this third and final victory of Alexander the Great over Darius III's Persian Empire.
Basil Liddell Hart and J.F.C. Fuller cited this battle as the inspiration for their proto-Blitzkrieg tactics after the battle of Cambrai.
Battle of Gaugamela [or Battle of Arbela]