Itaque venienti obviam cum armato exercitu egressus est, elephanti quoque per modica intervalla militum agmini immixti procul  castellorum fecerant speciem.
And so, when Alexander was coming near, he went out to meet him with his army equipped for action, in which he had also at moderate intervals between the companies of soldiers placed elephants, which at a distance gave the appearance of castles.
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