Ἀλεξάνδρου ἀνάβασις 6.7.6

6.7.6

καὶ τοῦτον ἰδόντες οἱ ἄλλοι Μακεδόνες αἰσχυνθέντες ἄλλος ἄλλῃ ἀνῄεσαν. εἴχετό τε ἤδη ἡ ἄκρα, καὶ τῶν Ἰνδῶν οἱ μὲν τὰς οἰκίας ἐνεπίμπρασαν καὶ ἐν αὐταῖς ἐγκαταλαμβανόμενοι ἀπέθνησκον, οἱ πολλοὶ δὲ μαχόμενοι αὐτῶν. ἀπέθανον δὲ οἱ πάντες ἐς πεντακισχιλίους, ζῶντες δὲ διʼ ἀνδρείαν ὀλίγοι ἐλήφθησαν.

Alexander himself next led his army against a certain city of the Brachmans, because he had learned that many of the Malloi had fled thither for refuge. On reaching it he led the phalanx in compact ranks against all parts of the wall. The inhabitants, on finding the walls undermined, and that they were themselves obliged to retire before the storm of missiles, left the walls and fled to the citadel, and began to defend themselves from thence. But as a few Macedonians had rushed in along with them, they rallied, and turning round in a body upon the pursuers, drove some from the citadel and killed twenty-five of them in their retreat. Upon this Alexander ordered his men to apply the scaling ladders to the citadel on all its sides, and to undermine its walls; and when an undermined tower had fallen and a breach had been made in the wall between two towers, thus exposing the citadel to attack in that quarter, Alexander was seen to be the first man to scale and lay hold of the wall. Upon seeing this, the rest of the Macedonians for very shame ascended the wall at various points, and quickly had the citadel in their hands. Some of the Indians set fire to their houses, in which they were caught and killed, but most part fell fighting. About 5000 in all were killed, and, as they were men of spirit, a few only were taken prisoners.