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单词 Elephantry
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Elephantry

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War elephant

War elephants depicted in Hannibal Barca crossing the Rhône, by Henri Motte. Made in 1878.
A 17th century depiction of the mythological war of Lanka in the ancient Indian epic Ramayana, showing war elephants.
A Victorian depiction of war elephants attacking at the Battle of the Hydaspes River.
War elephants of the Mughal Empire carry out an execution.

A war elephant was an elephant trained and guided by humans for combat.

The war elephant's main use was to charge the enemy, breaking their ranks and instilling terror. Elephantry are military units with elephant-mounted troops. They were first employed in India, the practice spreading out across south-east Asia and westwards into the Mediterranean. Their most famous use in the West was by the Greek King Pyrrhus of Epirus and in significant numbers by the armies of Carthage, including briefly by Hannibal.

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