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Some of the commanders were Spartans, yes; and it does seem likely that the mercenaries segregated themselves at least somewhat by city of origin, so the Spartan commanders probably had Spartan troops. But the tactics described are standard Hellenic ones; there is nothing about them that is special to Sparta, as far as I can see.
I'm neither istoriean nor expert on acient warfare. My quote was intended to substantiate the claim
My given quote indeed doesn't distinguish between Spartans and Athens... but that isn't needed as it appears that all hellenes were able to much better cooperate than their enemies. And from my reading of Anabasis this is substantiated. And my given quote is no bad one at that.
The reason it's relevant is that some of us consider the Athenians to be "our kind", or at least the closest thing at the time.