Around 340 B.C., Alexander the Great was named king after his father, Philip II, had died. He had then set out to conquer the rest of the world. He had conquered the Persia city-states after a decisive battle in which he had lost only 110 men. After he had successfully marched to Egypt, his domain now extended along and beyond the southern shores of the Caspian Sea, including modern Afghanistan, and northward into Central Asia. It had taken Alexander only three years, from the spring of 330 BC to the spring of 327 BC, to master this vast area (Encarta 2000). However, his empire broke up in 323 B.C. after his death (Cultures 1993).

In the early 1200s, a Mongolian leader had achieved a great task: he conquered most of Asia. Genghis K

One of Napoleon's best examples for his use of artillery was in the Battle of Lutzen. The French army had many hindrances going into battle. The French army at this time suffered from low morale after being forced to withdraw from Russia. It was also mostly comprised not of skilled veterans but of young recruits and conscripts who had almost no experience in the field of battle. The number of horses his army had was in shortage, which did not allow him to do his usual reconnaissance. During the same time, Allied troops had stumbled upon Napoleon's army. The sudden conflict led to a confusion among the battlefield. The artillery, fortunately, was a short distance away. Napoleon had ordered Ney, one of his generals, to hold his troops until the artillery came. Ney's troops were then attack by Allied forces. Napoleon, noticing that he needed that land to win the battle, sent the Imperial Guard to reinforce Ney. In a short time, Napoleon had massed all of his artillery in front of the Imperial Guard. The artillery then fired on Allies, and they soon found themselves fleeing (Stevens 1965). "Napoleon's first major battle after his retreat from Russia had been a success, and his ability to mass artillery firepower quickly was the most important contributor to that success" (Stevens 55 1965).

Napoleon's new strategies helped him win the Battle of the Pyramids. Napoleon's forces numbered to about 20,000 men. He was forced to battle 8,000 Mamelukes and 16,000 Egyptian infantry (Encarta 2000). The Mamalukes were skilled soldiers who mostly rode on horseback. The square formation that combined both infantry and artillery had effectively held off the Mamalukes long enough so that he could deploy another division to flank it from behind. By the time the Mamalukes had reached the heavy guns, the infantry was there to stop them. The Egyptians, who had never seen such a formidable formation, panicked and ran (Cronin 1971).

Napoleon had reinvented the use of artillery. Before him, the guns were part of an organized unit for the purposes of training, administration, and movements up to the beginning of a battle. During that point, the artillery units lost control over their troops as the guns were parceled out on a fixed ratio. The guns were often distributed to give fire support for the front troops. Most of the time, the regiment was left with nothing but the heavier guns massed at the center of the formation (Stevens 1965).

Another great skill of Napoleon was his ability to move his troops quickly to the strategically correct position. Napoleon could march a large amount of men over long distances in a relatively short time. Napoleon once said, "They little know how quickly I can make 200,000 men pirouette into Germany" (Cowie 139 1963). In 1805, he had discovered an Austrian army waiting for him in Bavaria. Napoleon had marched 150,000 troops 600 miles in eight weeks to Boulogne, where he then attack the Austrians in the rear, forcing them to surrender (Crowie 1963).

During the French war with Britain, he was assigned to an army attacking Toulon, a valuable naval base. Replacing a wounded general, he seized ground where his could drive the British fleet from the harbor. His attack was successful, and as a result, Bonaparte was promoted to general at the age of 24 (Encarta 20

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