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49.
As soon as the signals were raised on either side, they joined battle. Both sides had a large number of heavy infantry on their decks, and a large
number of archers and darters, the old imperfect armament still prevailing.
[2]
The sea-fight was an obstinate one, though not remarkable for its science; indeed it was more like a battle by land.
[3]
Whenever they charged each other, the multitude and crush of the vessels
made it by no means easy to get loose; besides, their hopes of victory lay principally in the heavy infantry on
the decks, who stood and fought in order, the ships remaining stationary.
The manoeuvre of breaking the line was not tried:
in short, strength and
pluck had more share in the fight than science.
[4]
Everywhere tumult reigned, the battle being one scene of confusion;
meanwhile the Athenian ships, by coming up to the Corcyraeans whenever they
were pressed, served to alarm the enemy,
though their commanders could not
join in the battle from fear of their instructions.
[5]
The right wing of the Corinthians suffered most.
The Corcyraeans routed it, and chased them in disorder to the continent
with twenty ships, sailed up to their camp, and burnt the tents which they
found empty, and plundered the stuff.
[6]
So in this quarter the Corinthians and their allies were defeated, and the
Corcyraeans were victorious.
But where the Corinthians themselves were, on the left, they gained a
decided success; the scanty forces of the Corcyraeans being further weakened by the want of
the twenty ships absent on the pursuit.
[7]
Seeing the Corcyraeans hard pressed, the Athenians began at length to
assist them more unequivocally.
At first, it is true, they refrained from charging any ships; but when the rout was becoming patent, and the Corinthians were pressing
on, the time at last came when every one set to, and all distinction was
laid aside, and it came to this point, that the Corinthians and Athenians
raised their hands against each other.
Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War. London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton. 1910.
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