35.
Although Caesar anticipated that the same thing which
had happened on former occasions would then occur-that, if the enemy were
routed, they would escape from danger by their speed; still, having got about
thirty horse, which Commius the Atrebatian, of whom
mention has been made, had brought over with him [from Gaul], he
drew up the legions in order of battle before the camp. When the action
commenced, the enemy were unable to sustain the attack of our men long, and
turned their backs; our men pursued them as far as their speed and strength
permitted, and slew a great number of them; then, having destroyed and burned
every thing far and wide, they retreated to their camp.
C. Julius Caesar. Caesar's Gallic War. Translator. W. A. McDevitte. Translator. W. S. Bohn. 1st Edition. New York. Harper & Brothers. 1869. Harper's New Classical Library.
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