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... bank were vainly endeavouring to prevent Hannibal's passage of the river . Scipio contented himself with sending forth 300 light cavalry to ascend the left bank and to endeavour to gain some informa- tion of the movements of the ...
... bank were vainly endeavouring to prevent Hannibal's passage of the river . Scipio contented himself with sending forth 300 light cavalry to ascend the left bank and to endeavour to gain some informa- tion of the movements of the ...
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... bank , whose whole attention was engrossed by the sight of Hannibal's preparations , and who crowded down to all the accessible parts of the river shore to oppose his landing . The first division now pushed off . The Rhone was full and ...
... bank , whose whole attention was engrossed by the sight of Hannibal's preparations , and who crowded down to all the accessible parts of the river shore to oppose his landing . The first division now pushed off . The Rhone was full and ...
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... bank the attention of the Gauls was directed to a mass of fire which appeared in their rear , and now the detachments which had kindled it charged upon their right flank and rear , at the same time that the flotilla stranded ; and the ...
... bank the attention of the Gauls was directed to a mass of fire which appeared in their rear , and now the detachments which had kindled it charged upon their right flank and rear , at the same time that the flotilla stranded ; and the ...
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... bank of the Rhone , at length struck off to the right across the plains of Dauphiné and reached the first ascent of the Alps . This was near the northern extremity of that ridge of limestone mountains which , rising suddenly out of the ...
... bank of the Rhone , at length struck off to the right across the plains of Dauphiné and reached the first ascent of the Alps . This was near the northern extremity of that ridge of limestone mountains which , rising suddenly out of the ...
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... bank ; while Hannibal on the other hand knowing well that the Gauls were pre- vented from joining him by fear alone , and certain that his first success against the Roman arms would draw multitudes to his standard , descended the ...
... bank ; while Hannibal on the other hand knowing well that the Gauls were pre- vented from joining him by fear alone , and certain that his first success against the Roman arms would draw multitudes to his standard , descended the ...
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