Alexander at Arbela, Plain of Gaugamela, Iraq, 331BC by David Pentland. (GL) ERA2 but was shot down and

but was shot down and plunged into the sea before making landfall

Heroically standing their ground against the French Artillery the 27th were described after the battle as lying dead in a square

Josef Kiss

As the Libyan people's uprising against Colonel Gadaffi's regime intensified at the end of February 2011

Alexander at Arbela, Plain of Gaugamela, Iraq, 331BC by David Pentland. (GL) ERA2 but was shot down andDHM1359GL. Alexander at Arbela, Plain of Gaugamela, Iraq, 331BC by David Pentland. Flanked by his Companion heavy cavalry, Alexander, King of Macedon, led the charge which broke through the left wing of the Persian army, and forced Darius, the Great King, to flee the battlefield. Persian success against his own left wing forced him to delay his pursuit of the routed troops, but by the end of the day the battle was won, and the heart of the Persian