There, the path ends at the Alps' lowest crossing point in Switzerland, where Mr. Robb, challenging other scholars, posits that Hannibal, the Carthaginian commander, crossed the mountains in the Second Punic War, consciously following the footsteps of Hercules (and, he argues, making use of a path first marked by the Celts).
But Caesar, in a lightning sweep, seized Massilia and Spain from Pompey's commanders, then crossed into Greece, where a short campaign ended in Pompey's decisive defeat at Pharsalus (48).
Commander Haq's spokesmen still publicly deny that this adventure has started, though people in close contact with his organization said that the commander had crossed into Nangahar Province and expected to surface shortly.
Muhammad Zaman's faction was trying to make their way home from a patrol by crossing through Commander Zahir's turf.
They could have been talking on their own, of course — although what politically astute military man would risk crossing his commander in chief just two months into his term?
He remained well back of the fighting, where a group of commanders sat cross-legged on a duff of straw, in a circle, talking rapidly and fingering prayer beads.
Mr. Mehsud's jaunty appearance in his home base, South Waziristan, a particularly unruly region of Pakistan's tribal areas, underscored the wide latitude Pakistan's government has granted the militants under a new series of peace deals, and its impact in Afghanistan, where NATO and American commanders say cross-border attacks have surged since talks for those peace deals began in March.
Unless the commander intended to cross paths with people he already knew, the two statements were flatly contradictory.
The attack caught the Americans by surprise as US commanders expected the North Koreans to attempt a crossing further north.
Knight of the Order of the White Eagle (posthumously, 2007) Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta – (posthumously, 1995) Cross of Valour, awarded twice Silver Cross of Merit (1938) Army of Central Lithuania Cross of Merit War Medal 1918-1921 Decade of Independence Regained Auschwitz Cross Warsaw Uprising Cross Order of the Star of Perseverance (posthumously).
