Contra animosius Persae sagittarum volantium crebritate, conspectum sui rapiebant oppositis, quos elephanti tardius praecedentes, magnitudine corporum, cristarumque horrore, pavorem iumentis incutiebant et viris.
On the other hand, the exulting Persians sent forth such a shower of arrows that they prevented their opponents from seeing the bowmen.    Before them slowly marched the elephants, which with their huge size of body and horrifying crests, struck terror into horses and men.
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