One of the most difficult tactics of the Ancient Era, it required a genius commander and a well-trained, properly armed and with the ability to brave insurmountable pressure. Alexander the Great used this move during his masterpiece, the battle of Gaugamela. After the elite Persian cavalry attacked the Macedonian left, The rest of Alexander’s army began slowly moving towards the right. Darius perceived this gap as a weakness and sent his Immortals to face the phalanx in the Macedonian center. Alexander, himself on the right, used the moment when all of the Immortals were engaged in battle to disengage And assault Darius and the exposed Persian center. With the Companion cavalry devastating his troops and threatening his own position, Darius fled the battlefield. Alexander subsequently turned back and relieved his beleaguered left and center. Only such a masterful tactic could Have defeated so decisively an army as strong and large as the Persian one at Gaugamela. Video Information
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New Kings and Generals short will describe how to use the false gap tactic in battles to defeat opponents. We will cover the battle Gaugamela, where the Macedonian king Alexander used the False Gap to defeat the Achaemenid army of Darius
Previously: Ancient Tactics: Hidden Flank – https://youtu.be/ZNbIEFid6gE Ancient Tactics: Concentrated Center – https://youtu.be/CTdo9mvgPHs Ancient Tactics: Oblique Order – https://youtu.be/N8vDnVJU1Lk Ancient Tactics: Feigned Retreat – https://youtu.be/gXXwi1RbZc0
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