He fled the battlefield as soon as he understood that he is loosing the battle in order to prepare a new army to defend his sovereignity at the battle of Gavgamela.
it was called the battle of issus angainst darius the 3rd
Translated from latin: Alexander the great defeating the last Darius, after 100,000 infantry and more than 10,000 cavalrymen had been killed amongst the ranks of the Persians. Whilst King Darius was able to flee with no more than 1,000 horsemen, his mother, wife, and children were taken prisoner.
Darius III
No, Issus was fought by Alexander the Great against Darius III in Southern Anatolia, two generations later.
Fortified riverbank near Issus
The Persian army of Darius III.
Alexander The Great
The Battle of Issus - a battle between Alexander the Great and King Darius .
In the Battle of Issus, the Hellenics fought the Persians in 333 BC. Darius led the Persians, but eventually lost to the Hellenics who were under the command of Alexander the great. Despite having a larger army, Darius made a foolhardy choice when he fled to escape a direct attack by Alexander. The Persian army lost confidence, and scattered when they noted the absence of their commander.
Daughter of Persian king Darius 3, she was captured by Alexander the Great after the battle of Issus, and became his second wife.
He won three major battles - Granicus, Issus and Gaugamela. He laid the foundation to this land conquest by capturiing the bases of the Persian navy in the Levant and Egypt, so eliminating the Persian threat to Greece - his source of manpower - in his absence in Asia. After the land wins, he fought on for another six years to take control of the Middle East and Central Asia.
Darius fled because he saw Alexander and the Macedonain Army coming right at him, and saw no other way to survive. While fleeing, he left behing his wife and children for Alexander to later take and care for.