The Battle of Hydaspes shown
in ancient art print Defeat of Porus by Alexander the Great by Francois
Louis Joseph Watteau. The Battle of Hydaspes was a great victory for
Alexander the Great.
Defeat of Porus by Alexander the Great 326BC by Francois Louis Joseph
Watteau. Battle of Hydaspes. Porus had a very large army which included 200 war
elephants. The battle saw a charge by the elephants, against the Macedonian
forces, which began to look successful. Seeing this, Porus' Cavalry charged,
against Alexander's cavalry (in this period it was very unusual to have
cavalry contact). The elephant charge began to falter and the battle edged
towards victory for Alexander. Due to his admiration of Porus as a leader,
Alexander granted him honourable terms and built an alliance with him.
His army was not so fortunate, with 3,000 cavalry lost and 20,000 infantry
killed.
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