Alexander the Greats Victory at Hydaspes River by Brian Palmer (GS) SQN39 oil on canvas by Graeme

oil on canvas by Graeme Lothian

leaving the British military aviation industry bruised

RAF Hastings drop men of 3 PARA battalion on the Egyptian airfield of El Gamil as part of the Airborne element of Operation Musketeer

4th May 1471

Alexander the Greats Victory at Hydaspes River by Brian Palmer (GS) SQN39 oil on canvas by GraemeDHM1174GS. Alexander the Greats Victory at Hydaspes River by Brian Palmer. Alexander the Greats Victory at Hydaspes River During the Macedonian conquests in 326BC at the tributary at Hydaspes (now Jhelem) of the Indus River, King Porus and his Indian army blocked Alexander the Greats advance with some 50,000 troops leaving 40,000, the bulk of his army, on the west bank of the river. Alexander the Great crossed the Indus river using makeshift pontoons