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3、thesubjectarepassedoverwithafewgeneralremarks.StudentsofthesubjectarenotorientalistsandtheirdiscussionsbeginwithGreeksources.Althoughthepresentwriter,itisneedlesstosay,istotallywithoutspecialknowledgeofthesubject,ithasseemedtohimthatthemostnotableofthematerialsfromtheearlyOrients
4、houldbestudiedfromthispointofview,andmadeaccessibletothestudentofmilitaryhistory.WeshallneverpossesssufficientdataonthewarsofEgypt,Babylonia,andAssyriatobuildupawork1likethatofKromayeronthebattlefieldsofGreece,butthesurvivingmaterials,whichcarryourknowledgeofmilitarystrategyathou
5、sandyearsbackofGreektimeshareneverbeenemployedforthisatallandthisistofurnishpurpose;essaydesignedabeginning,atleast,intheexplanationofthesematerials.Asitishopedthatthiscontributionmaybeusedbymanywhoarenotorientalists,ImustaskmyfellowEgyptologiststoexcusethetranslationandexplanati
6、onofsomethingswhich,howeverobvioustothem,mustbemadecleartothosenotfamiliarwithEgyptian.ForthesamereasonsIhavealsowithheldalmostallgrammaticaldiscussion.Itshouldalsobefurthersaidthatthefollowingessaydoesnotintendtodiscussthepoliticalaspectsofthisbattle,eitherintheconditionswhichle
7、duptoit,orthosewhichresultedfromit.Mypurposeisonlytomakeclearthemilitarymaneuversinvolvedinthebattle.TheexactmethodofdeployingtroopsinactionIhavealsonotintendedtodiscuss,Itwillbeevidentfromthereliefsthatwell-disciplinedbattlelinesweremaintained,andthatdisorganized,hand-to-handfig
8、htingresultedonlywhentheenemy'slineswere
