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Show WARFARE IN ANCIENT DAYS The chariots used in the eyeitjnr wer scenes of D. W. Griffith' ipec-tacle, ipec-tacle, "Intolerance," which is coming to the Alahambra are exact reproductions reproduc-tions of vehicles of the type used in the period represented in the Gnffirh story. According to authorises, tho Persians not only used chailots, but they also participated in engagements mounted on horses. A conspicuous feature in the Persian armies on their way to fight was a chariot dedicate i to the sun-god and drawn by pure white horses. Assyrians, who aro shown ao participants in the reah-n presentation of warfare, did not use chariots as extensively as they were employei by Persians Tli depended largely in battle upon their archers, who were mounted on horses. Greater reliance was placed upon su h things as the armed towers, whic! may well be regarded as precu sois of the armored motor cars of today, ospe iaMy of what is knowr as the tank car of so much importance to the English in their trench warfare. Turner Tu-rner In the present-day tank car are pract'cally Immune from injury by sb-apnel bomb or shell, but in the cas of r.rmored towers of old. dangers ! were almost inescapable. |