16.
Vercingetorix follows closely upon Caesar
by shorter marches, and selects for his camp a place defended by woods and
marshes, at the distance of fifteen miles from Avaricum . There he received intelligence by trusty scouts, every
hour in the day, of what was going on at Avaricum , and ordered whatever he wished to be done; he closely
watched all our expeditions for corn and forage, and whenever they were
compelled to go to a greater distance, he attacked them when dispersed, and
inflicted severe loss upon them; although the evil was remedied by our men, as
far as precautions could be taken, by going forth at irregular times' and by
different ways.
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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