They ventured still further
An example of this was his single-handed attack on a German airfield in June 1917 when he destroyed not only a number of aircraft on the ground
Here a cannon shot struck him on the left breast
HMS Colossus by Ivan Berryman
Alexander at Arbela, Plain of Gaugamela, Iraq, 331BC by David Pentland. (AP) SQN300 They ventured still furtherDHM1359AP. Alexander at Arbela, Plain of Gaugamela, Iraq, 331BC by David Pentland. Flanked by his Companion heavy cavalry, Alexander, King of Macedon, led the charge which broke through the left wing of the Persian army, and forced Darius, the Great King, to flee the battlefield. Persian success against his own left wing forced him to delay his pursuit of the routed troops, but by the end of the day the battle was won, and the heart of the Persian