Of Alexander, Alan Brooke felt that he needed an able chief of staff " to think for him ", while Montgomery ( Alexander's subordinate in Africa and Italy ) claimed to think of Alexander as " incompetent " and success was only attained in Tunisia only because Montgomery lent Brian Horrocks to organise the coup de grace.

He thereby paved the way for the relative success of Alexander's Seleucid successors and greatly enhanced the diffusion of Greek culture to the East.

Although the intervention of Austria protected Serbia from the consequences of defeat, Prince Alexander's success sealed the union with Eastern Rumelia, and after long negotiations the sultan Abdul Hamid II nominated the Prince of Bulgaria as governor-general of that province for five years ( 5 April 1886 ).

Although Alexander's reign saw success after success for the Greek armies, it was eventually Atatürk's revolutionary forces who obtained victory in 1922.

In accordance with Alexander's orders, they signaled their success to the troops below by waving bits of linen, and Alexander sent a herald to shout the news to the enemy's advanced posts that they might now surrender without further delay.

In accordance with Alexander's orders, they signalled their success to the troops below by waving bits of linen, and Alexander sent a herald to tell the defenders that if they looked up, they would see that he had found his winged men.

Their role was vital to the success of Alexander's strategies because the Macedonian Phalanx is all but invulnerable from the front, and with five layers of iron spikes moving in unison at any one place, it was extremely formidable but also extremely inflexible.

The pike phalanx was completely vital to the success of Alexander's strategies because he used it as the anvil in a hammer and anvil tactic, using his Companion cavalry as the hammer to smash the enemy against an anvil of thousands of inescapable iron spikes.

Yet their belief in a just, all-powerful God forced Jewish interpreters of the Alexander tradition to come to terms with Alexander's undeniable temporal success.

Using friends and professional models and actors, Alexander's zany photographs were essential to the novels ' success.

The family is a success and have soon hit the top, thrilling audiences at New York's famed Hippodrome Theatre with an extravagant multi-themed performance of " Alexander's Ragtime Band " with each family member being featured in their own segment in addition to the ensemble sections which bookend the piece.

This peaceful turnover constituted the last major success of Ivan Alexander's foreign policy.

At that point Polyperchon, a regent of Macedon who had been replaced by Cassander and had all but disappeared for the previous six years, began championing Heracles as Alexander's true heir, and Polyperchon began forming an army.

King Alexander's division of Croatia-Slavonia and Dalmatia into banovinas countered all previous reforms Trumbić had sought.

Vornado, a realty trust firm ( which itself in a previous form was another discount department store chain, Two Guys ), bought a controlling share of Alexander's at bargain prices and refocused the company on development of its land holdings.

About this time certain Parthian envoys came to Alexander's court and were invited to the king's table, where they noticed the absence of Simeon, by whose wisdom they had profited at previous visits.

In a season 4 episode commentary track, Tierney gives the hiring of Graham as a possible explanation for Alexander's departure, which contradicts the idea that Alexander intended to leave before Graham appeared on the show.

After a two-year absence when he was with the U. S. Army ( 1953 – 1954 ), he returned to Gateway in its 1955 summer season, playing: Eddie Davis in Ronald Alexander's Time Out For Ginger ( July 1955 ), Hal Carter in William Inge's Picnic ( July 1955 ), Charles Wilder in John Willard's The Cat And The Canary ( August 1955 ), Paris in Arthur Miller's The Crucible ( August 1955 ), and John the Witchboy in William Berney and Howard Richardson's Dark Of The Moon ( September 1955 ).

Alexander's MVP season was celebrated musically by Dustin Blatnik and the 12th Man Band in the song " Sweet Shaun Alexander ", a parody of Lynyrd Skynrd's " Sweet Home Alabama ".

Alexander's final regular season statistics for 2007 were 716 yards rushing on 207 attempts, a 3. 5 – yard per carry with four touchdowns in 10 games.

Also during the third season, Fred Astaire played Alistair Mundy, Alexander's father, also a master gentleman-thief, who says bemusedly, at the start of each episode in which he appears, " I've heard of stealing from the government, but for the government?

He had another 18-win season in 1934, and led the NL in putouts for the fourth time, tying Grover Cleveland Alexander's major league mark.

Alexander's managerial career at Peterborough got off to a fine start, recording a 4 – 1 win over Bristol Rovers on the first day of the season, as well as knocking out Championship side Ipswich Town in the League Cup two weeks later.

His attempts to take control of the whole of Alexander's empire led to his defeat and death at the Battle of Ipsus in 301 BC.

Modern day Pakistan was conquered by Chandragupta Maurya, who overthrew the powerful Nanda Dynasty of Magadha and established Maurya empire: He conquered the trans-Indus region to the west, which was under Macedonian rule-annexing Balochistan, south eastern parts of Iran and much of what is now Afghanistan, including the modern Herat and Kandahar provinces-and then defeated the invasion led by Seleucus I, a Greek general from Alexander's army.

During Alexander ’ s captivity James attempted to split Clann Dòmhnall — Alexander's uncle John Mór was approached by an agent of the king to take the clan leadership but his refusal to have any dealings with the king while his nephew was held prisoner led to John Mór's attempted arrest and death.

Seleucus led the Royal Hypaspistai during Alexander's Persian campaign.

A conlict with Alexander of Lincoln over a church in Alexander's diocese led to further condemnation by Henry of Huntingon and prompted Henry to write that " no one can sing praises because there's nothing to sing about.

Alexander's influence in mixing cultures led to the Hellenistic Age of Mesopotamia and North Africa.

The invading Macedonian troops, led by Alexander the Great, defeated an army led by Darius III of Achaemenid Persia in the second great battle of Alexander's conquest of Asia.

This misconception led Alexander, or perhaps another unknown writer, to borrow language from Jefferson's well-known Declaration of Independence when the Mecklenburg Declaration was written from Alexander's rough notes.

This led to the development of Alexander's A Pattern Language and A Timeless Way of Building.

Chandragupta then defeated the invasion led by Seleucus I, a Greek general from Alexander's army.

Alexander's search for a means of controlling structure and harmony in music led him in the late seventies to an innovating interpretation of the late baroque practice of figured bass in conjunction with his personal blend of modality and serialism.

Perdiccas ' marriage to Alexander's sister Cleopatra led Antipater, Craterus, Antigonus, and Ptolemy to join together in rebellion.

Perdiccas ' marriage to Alexander's sister Cleopatra led Antipater, Craterus, Antigonus, and Ptolemy to join together in rebellion.

Subsequently, a lack of training and too great a reliance on the Phalanx instead of the combined use of arms ( Alexander's and Philip's great contributions ) led to the final defeat of Macedon by the Romans at the Battle of Pydna.

After Alexander's death, the Wars of the Diadochi led to the territory changing rulership rapidly as Alexander's successors fought over control over the Persian territories.

Shirley Alexander's divorce and subsequent marriage to Ulmer led to his being exiled from the major Hollywood studios.

Chaadaev's first hand observation of Tsar Alexander's reaction to a revolt in the Semenovsky regiment may have led to his resignation from service in 1820.

Those archers were led by Macedo and claimed to want revenge for Alexander's death.

At the battle of the Granicus in 334 BC he led the Thessalian cavalry in Alexander's army, and was appointed by him in the same year to the satrapy of the Lesser or Hellespontine Phrygia, to which Paphlagonia was soon after added.