52. The battle of Jhelum (Hydaspes)
Oct 12, 2026 · 30 min · 9 segments
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The river's width was of great assistance to him.
We can't be certain of its exact dimensions, but it was probably around 1500 meters wide, so about a mile, some saying it may have been wider.
He would have to take a decent-sized force of men, nothing too crazy, and attack the Greeks when they began their initial work on constructing the bridge.
Alexander understood this, because he was a sick guy, so he took 16,000 men, which included three companion cavalry divisions, commanded by Hephaestion, Perdicas, and Dimitrios.
And he took them to the point where they were going to cross.
About 2,000 years later, Henry V would need three days to move 10,000 men across the Ulfur.
Alexander had 16,000 and did it much faster.
He moved the soldiers during the day so that the actual crossing could take place at night, allowing them to hide from Porus's men.
They marched 27 kilometers, so about 20 miles, another incredible achievement by Alexander.
During the march, a violent storm broke out.
This helped the Greeks conceal themselves, but the lightning also struck and killed several men.
Then at around 3 a.m., the point where the crossing was going to take place was reached.
They were on Admana Island, which we talked about last time, and were hiding in the woods.
As they passed the western end of the island, they were stopped.
the alarm was raised they were stopped they were spotted i mean sorry they were spotted the alarm was raised and porus was informed that they had eyes on the enemy while they were still on the island alexander ordered them to load the horses and soldiers onto boats and transport them to the opposite bank they came ashore but they hadn't actually reached the other side.
They simply had reached a long and narrow island in between.
Now this of course is just a wee mistake.
Maybe they had received incorrect information or perhaps the rains and storm had opened up a new channel.
Reloading everything and crossing again wasn't an option.
That would cost just too much time.
They had to find another crossing from where they were.
The river's width was of great assistance to him.
We can't be certain of its exact dimensions, but it was probably around 1500 meters wide, so about a mile, some saying it may have been wider.
He would have to take a decent-sized force of men, nothing too crazy, and attack the Greeks when they began their initial work on constructing the bridge.
Alexander understood this, because he was a sick guy, so he took 16,000 men, which included three companion cavalry divisions, commanded by Hephaestion, Perdicas, and Dimitrios.
And he took them to the point where they were going to cross.
About 2,000 years later, Henry V would need three days to move 10,000 men across the Ulfur.
Alexander had 16,000 and did it much faster.
He moved the soldiers during the day so that the actual crossing could take place at night, allowing them to hide from Porus's men.
They marched 27 kilometers, so about 20 miles, another incredible achievement by Alexander.
During the march, a violent storm broke out.
This helped the Greeks conceal themselves, but the lightning also struck and killed several men.
Then at around 3 a.m., the point where the crossing was going to take place was reached.
They were on Admana Island, which we talked about last time, and were hiding in the woods.
As they passed the western end of the island, they were stopped.
the alarm was raised they were stopped they were spotted i mean sorry they were spotted the alarm was raised and porus was informed that they had eyes on the enemy while they were still on the island alexander ordered them to load the horses and soldiers onto boats and transport them to the opposite bank they came ashore but they hadn't actually reached the other side.
They simply had reached a long and narrow island in between.
Now this of course is just a wee mistake.
Maybe they had received incorrect information or perhaps the rains and storm had opened up a new channel.
Reloading everything and crossing again wasn't an option.
That would cost just too much time.
They had to find another crossing from where they were.
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