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Hannibal the Rhodian
After this affair Hannibal eluded the enemy's watch,
and sailed out of the harbour by night with his ships to
Drepana, to join the Carthaginian Commander-in-Chief,
Adherbal. Drepana is about one hundred and twenty
stades from Lilybaeum, and was always an object of special
care to the Carthaginians from the convenience of its position
and the excellence of its harbour.
Now the Carthaginian government were anxious to learnHannibal the Rhodian offers to run the blockade.
the Drepana is about one hundred and twenty
stades from Lilybaeum, and was always an object of special
care to the Carthaginians from the convenience of its position
and the excellence of its harbour.
Now the Carthaginian government were anxious to learnHannibal the Rhodian offers to run the blockade.
the state of affairs at Lilybaeum, but could not
do so because the garrison was strictly blockaded, and the Romans were exceedingly vigilant. In this difficulty a nobleman, called Hannibal the Rhodian, came to them, and offered to run the
blockade, to see what was going on in Lilybaeum with his own
eyes, and to report. The offer delighted them, but they did
not believe in the possibility of its fulfilment with the Roman
fleet lying at the very entrance of the channel. However, the
man fitted out hi
The Roman Fleet Sails for Drepana
When the announcement of these events at Rome was
The Roman army is reinforced.
followed by reiterated tidings that the larger
part of the crews of the fleet had been destroyed,
either at the works, or in the gener ined, Publius Claudius,
the Consul, assembled his tribunes, and said that it was just
the time to sail to the attack of Drepana with
the whole squadron: for that Adherbal,See ch. 46. who
was in command there, was quite unprepared
for such an event, o join an expedition
which involved so short a voyage and so immediate and certain an advantage.Claudius sails to attack Drepana. Having
completed these preparations, he set sail about
midnight, without being detected by the enemy; and for the
first day he sailed in close order, keeping the
land on his right. By daybreak the leading ships could be
seen coming towards Drepana; and at the first sight of them
Adherbal was overwhelmed with surprise. He quickly recovered his self-possession however
The Battle of Aegusa
When the Carthaginians saw that the Romans were
The battle of Aegusa.
intercepting their passage across, they lowered
their masts, and after some words of mutual
exhortation had been uttered in the several
ships, closed with their opponents. But the respective
state of equipment of the two sides was exactly the converse of what it had been in the battle of Drepana; and
the result of the battle was, therefore, naturally reversed also.
The Romans had reformed their mode of shipbuilding, and
had eased their vessels of all freight, except the provisions
necessary for the battle: while their rowers having been
thoroughly trained and got well together, performed their
office in an altogether superior manner, and were backed up by
marines who, being picked men from the legions, were all but
invincible. The case with the Carthaginians was exactly the
reverse. Their ships were heavily laden and therefore unmanageable in the engagement; while their rowers were entirely
unt
Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.), Sketch of the principal maritime expeditions. (search)