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238 BC (search for this): book 1, chapter 84
Hamilcar's Tactical Superiority
The assistance thus obtained from these allies encouraged the Carthaginians to maintain their resistance: while
Mathōs and Spendius found themselves quite as much in the
position of besieged as in that of besiegers; for Hamilcar's
force reduced them to such distress for provisions that they
were at last compelled to raise the siege. B. C. 238. Hamilcar, with assistance from Sicily, surrounds Mathōs and Spendius. However, after a
short interval, they managed to muster the most
effective of the mercenaries and Libyans, to the
number in all of fifty thousand, among whom,
besides others, was Zarzas the Libyan, with
his division, and commenced once more to watch
and follow on the flank of Hamilcar's march.
Their method was to keep away from the level country, for
fear of the elephants and the cavalry of Narávas; but to seize
in advance of him all points of vantage, whether it were rising
ground or narrow pass. In these operations they showed
themselves qui
Sicily (Italy) (search for this): book 1, chapter 84
Hamilcar's Tactical Superiority
The assistance thus obtained from these allies encouraged the Carthaginians to maintain their resistance: while
Mathōs and Spendius found themselves quite as much in the
position of besieged as in that of besiegers; for Hamilcar's
force reduced them to such distress for provisions that they
were at last compelled to raise the siege. B. C. 238. Hamilcar, with assistance from Sicily, surrounds Mathōs and Spendius. However, after a
short interval, they managed to muster the most
effective of the mercenaries and Libyans, to the
number in all of fifty thousand, among whom,
besides others, was Zarzas the Libyan, with
his division, and commenced once more to watch
and follow on the flank of Hamilcar's march.
Their method was to keep away from the level country, for
fear of the elephants and the cavalry of Narávas; but to seize
in advance of him all points of vantage, whether it were rising
ground or narrow pass. In these operations they showed
themselves quit