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Francois Louis Joseph Watteau François Louis Joseph Watteau, born on the 18 August 1758, Lille France. François Louis Joseph Watteau was known as the Watteau of Lille. Watteau painted around Lille for most of his painting life. His father Louis Joseph Watteau (1731-1798) was also a painter and grandson of Noël Joseph Watteau (1689-1756). François Louis Joseph Watteau was the deputy curator of the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille (which his father had helped to found ) from 1808 until his death, on the 1st December 1823, in Lille. |
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Defeat of Porus by Alexander the Great 326BC by Francois Louis Joseph Watteau. Battle of Hydaspes. Porus had a very large army which included 200 war elephants. The battle saw a charge by the elephants, against the Macedonian forces, which began to look successful. Seeing this, Porus Cavalry charged, against Alexanders cavalry (in this period it was very unusual to have cavalry contact) The elephant charge began to falter and the battle edged towards victory for Alexander. Due to his admiration of Porus as a leader, Alexander granted him honourable terms and built an alliance with him. His army was not so fortunate, with 3,000 cavalry lost and 20,000 infantry killed. |
Defeat of Darius by Alexander the Great 331BC by Francois Louis Joseph Watteau. The Battle of Guagamela 1st October 331BC. Alexander marched to Tyre, then to eastwood to cross the Euphrates and the River Tigris. Alexander was offered by Darius a large quantity of gold (worth over 500million pounds in todays terms) half his kingdom and the hand of his daughter. Alexander refused and a moth later the battle took place. Alexander was outnumbered 4 to 1 but he noticed a weak spot in the Persian line. He led the charge which was a great success and Darius fled the field. Seeing this panic spread through the Persian forces, Dariuss army crumbled. Later Darius was murdered by Persian nobles. |
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