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some an
so nmea delig
■î-;î. -si retainm
¡a also immbni
aoupcea. out
relations with, the J
dins with them was
I that he readily
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successes' -of Alexaidte* tfi •
to succumb, this faithful eunuch, 1
of At^us whom lie had i
defend his post for Darius. A f<
the distance of a short league,
exanaer , out me OHncuivies to
energies of this great commander
| recently, with an anu of the sea,
\esteidi of the city, and the unusu
Iwere rt;;K3t t e tho> .■crest of gram
mid impede Advance to
, T , Gaza.
ir tnis
rtress i
I its position; which,
respects effectively
that’some of the eng
t such walls; by force
1 ties were small con
'i aking 5’ and he nr
iijirpyed' aliMWt the
•i •■stined to gern-ipi
| On the souitv vfi
t numeneed, aust ;p
I Joseph. Aatdy-:!#, .3
I Biblical .ReseaTefefnf
1 Arrian, II..S
d ab
tuated between ir nee-
ori on the coast, at
vital consequence to
:ome required all the
ad not to con fend, as
werful fleet, but the
t of its walls, which
sixty feet above Sib
ace; iadewendentiy of
land. It is not surprising,' therefore, its pecuiis
.. ,t , „ » i v • position.. % eoaAWtemt it ms practicable; to master
; Àfeïîtuïïijr observed that the difficul-
d with the importance of the under-
led to give orders to commence whst
test achievement which he was (fiter
joi mt
urroun
nous mound was
nied the ordinary
v., vm.
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