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Title: The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916
Subjects: History, Ancient Egypt -- History Syria -- History and antiquities Assyria -- History and antiquities
Publisher: London : S.P.C.K.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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en this division was being effected, the Hittites, who had beenrepresented by the spies as being far distant, were secretly massing theirforces to the north-east of Qodshu, ready to make an attack upon the Pharaohsflank as soon as he should set out on his march towards Khalupu. The enemy GtllETSSE, Textei Historiques dlptamlmuJ, in the Itecucil de Tramux, vol. viii. (i. 127, 11. 4-9,and p. 131. Diawn by Faueher-Gudin, from a photograph by Insinger, taken at the tomplo of liamses II.at Abydos; cf. Mabiettk, Voyage de la Haule-£gypte, vol. i. pi. 31. 392 TEE REACTION AGAINST EGYPT. had considerable forces at their disposal, and on the day of the engagementthey pkced 18,000 to 20,000 picked soldiers in the field.^ Besides a well-disciplined infantry, they possessed 2500 to 3000 chariots, containing, as wastlie Asiastic custom, three men in eacli.^ The Egyptian camp was not entirely broken up, when the scouts broughtin two spies whom they had seized—Asiatics in long blue robes arranged
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TWU HITTITK SlIKS BEATKN BY TUl: EGVlIIAX SOLlULlij. diagonally over one shoulder, leaving the other bare. Tbe king, who wasseated on his throne delivering his final commands, ordered them to be beatentill the truth should be extracted from them. They at last confessed thatthey had been despatched to watch tbe departure of the Egyptians, andadmitted that the enemy was concealed in ambush behind the town. Eamseshastily called a council of war and laid the situation before his generals, notwithout severely reprimanding them for the bad organisation of tbe intelligencedepartment. The offii-ers excused themselves as best they could, and threwthe blame on tlie provincial governors, who had not been able to discover whatwas going on. The king cut short these useless recriminations, sent swift An army corps is reckoued as containing 9000 men on the wall scenes at Luxor, and 8000 at theRamesseum (GriETSSE, Textes historiques dlpsamljoul, in the Recueil de Travaux, vol. viii. p. 138); the3000

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