Alexander at Arbela, Plain of Gaugamela, Iraq, 331BC by David Pentland. (P) REG236 Original large antique book plate

Original large antique book plate c

Shown here during world war two operations

she suffered no damage

441 Squadron RCAF in May 1944

and heavily damaged a second

Alexander at Arbela, Plain of Gaugamela, Iraq, 331BC by David Pentland. (P) REG236 Original large antique book plateDHM1359P. 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