A different view of the Battle of the Granicus?

[Ray552]

I came across this article that uses different sources for an alternative view of how the Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE) may have occurred:

"The Granicus - Alexander's Conquest of Persia, Late May, 334 BCE" - Obscure Battles

What do you think?

Note: This isn't my website, nor do I know the author.

As for these battles not really being "obscure", he states on a different page ("Welcome to Obscure Battles"):
...the "obscure" part will have more to do with my own take on these events, characters, and interpretations than with the relative obscurity of the battle itself...

[alphington]

The website author mentions the difficulties inherent in scaling a muddy inclined river bank in the face of enemy actions and partly because of this suggests weight be given to the Diodorus account (and by extension, Green's) of how Alexander's army actually crossed the river downstream. Goldsworthy in his YouTube video on Granicus makes an interesting comment relating to the slippery slope idea saying that horses prefer to go up a bank rather than down one. So our armchair assumptions about the nature of what would be required at the far bank may need to be questioned and it may not have been as difficult as we might assume to effect a crossing and a mounted assault on the defenders at the far bank.

Goldsworthy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkGGznihRAE
thanks to tyronec for this reference

[Ray552]

Thanks for linking Goldsworthy's video, will watch it.