É. Apor (ed.): Stein, Aurel: Old Routes of Western Iran. (Budapest Oriental Reprints, Ser. B 2.)
Chapter I.—In Westernmost Färs
I O IN WESTERNMOST FÄRS [Chap. I soon as he should perceive that he himself had managed to get right round and was nearing the Persian camp (of this Craterus would easily be aware, for the buglers would signal it to him), to fall upon the wall. So he moved on, by night, and traversing some hundred stades brought up the Hypaspists, Perdiccas' brigade, the lightest armed of the archers, the Agrianes, the royal squadron of the Companions, and over and above this one double squadron of cavalry, and with them made a turning movement towards the gates, by the way in which the prisoners guided him. Amyntas and Philotas and Coenus were instructed to march the other troops towards the plain, and to bridge the river which he would have to cross towards the Persians (i.e., Persepolis). But he himself followed a difficult and rough path, and yet for the most part took it at a great speed. Falling upon the first guard of the barbarians before dawn, he destroyed both this and the greater part of the second. Most of the third fled, yet not even these fled to Ariobarzanes' camp, but ran away in terror from the spot just as they were to the hills ; so that quite unobserved, just at dawn, he assaulted the enemy's camp. At the very moment as he attacked the trench, the bugles sounded, notifying Craterus' troops, and Craterus assaulted the outworks. " So the enemy, caught on all sides, never so much as came to blows but fled ; even so they were hemmed in on all sides. Alexander was pressing hard upon them here, Craterus' troops were hastening up there, so that the greater number of the Persians were forced to turn back to the walls and seek escape there. But by this time the walls themselves were in Macedonian hands. For Alexander had expected to happen just that which did happen ; and so had left Ptolemy there with some three thousand infantry, so that the greatest part of the barbarians were cut down by the Macedonians at close quarters. Even those who were attempting flight, and the flight had become a panic, threw themselves over the cliffs and perished ; but Ariobarzanes himself with a handful of horsemen escaped to the hills. Alexander once more at full speed led on towards the river ; and there he found the bridge already made, and crossed without difficulty with his troops. Thence once more at full speed he hurried on towards
