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[5] But Alexander contrived a defence against the violence of the river. He ordered all to lock arms with each other and to construct a sort of bridge out of the compact union of their persons.1

1 Curtius 4.9.15-21. Arrian. 3.7.5 merely remarks that Alexander crossed with difficulty.

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