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"Having thus arranged his army, he ordered the infantry to follow at
a slow pace and in regular order, numbering as it did not much under
6,000 men; and because he thought he was superior in cavalry, he
took only his horse-soldiers, who were 5,000 in number, and led them
forward with speed. He also instructed Tauron, the commander of the
archers, to lead them on also with speed to back up the cavalry. He
had come to the conclusion that if Porus should engage him with all
his forces, he would easily be able to overcome him by attacking
with his cavalry, or to stand on the defensive until his infantry
arrived in the course of the action; but if the Indians should be
alarmed at his extraordinary audacity in making the passage of the
river and take to flight, he would be able to keep close to them in
their flight, so that the slaughter of them in the retreat being
greater, there would be only a slight work left for him."
The Anabasis of Alexander by Arrian, translated by E. J. Chinnock
Book V, Chapter XIV.
