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... to gain some informa- tion of the movements of the invading army . * Hannibal is supposed to have struck the Rhone at a * See Observation 3 . point about half way between its mouth and its con- 28 CHAP . I. CAMPAIGNS OF HANNIBAL .
... to gain some informa- tion of the movements of the invading army . * Hannibal is supposed to have struck the Rhone at a * See Observation 3 . point about half way between its mouth and its con- 28 CHAP . I. CAMPAIGNS OF HANNIBAL .
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... tion with Ariminum and Rome . * Hannibal was here in a friendly country , for , as he expected would be the case , he was received with open arms by the natives on the south of the Po , and indeed the Romans had no hold on the territory ...
... tion with Ariminum and Rome . * Hannibal was here in a friendly country , for , as he expected would be the case , he was received with open arms by the natives on the south of the Po , and indeed the Romans had no hold on the territory ...
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... his brother Mago with 2000 picked men in an ambush , in the overgrown bed of a watercourse , in such a posi- tion that , when passed by the Romans in their 40 CHAP . I. CAMPAIGNS OF HANNIBAL . Battle of the Trebbia ·
... his brother Mago with 2000 picked men in an ambush , in the overgrown bed of a watercourse , in such a posi- tion that , when passed by the Romans in their 40 CHAP . I. CAMPAIGNS OF HANNIBAL . Battle of the Trebbia ·
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sir Patrick Leonard MacDougall. tion that , when passed by the Romans in their advance after crossing the river , Mago might burst out upon their flank and rear , while Hannibal engaged them in front . Sempronius fell into the snare ; he ...
sir Patrick Leonard MacDougall. tion that , when passed by the Romans in their advance after crossing the river , Mago might burst out upon their flank and rear , while Hannibal engaged them in front . Sempronius fell into the snare ; he ...
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... tion , burst through their opponents and marched clear off the field to Placentia * ; but the remainder were driven back into the Trebbia with tremendous slaughter . Only a small remnant reached the opposite bank , and Scipio , after ...
... tion , burst through their opponents and marched clear off the field to Placentia * ; but the remainder were driven back into the Trebbia with tremendous slaughter . Only a small remnant reached the opposite bank , and Scipio , after ...
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