18.
When the towers had now approached the walls, Caesar
ascertained from the captives that Vercingetorix after destroying
the forage, had pitched his camp nearer Avaricum , and that he himself with the cavalry and light-armed
infantry, who generally fought among the horse, had gone to lay an ambuscade in
that quarter, to which he thought that our troops would come the next day to
forage. On learning these facts, he set out from the camp secretly at midnight,
and reached the camp of the enemy early in the morning. They having quickly
learned the arrival of Caesar by scouts, hid their cars
and baggage in the thickest parts of the woods, and drew up all their forces in
a lofty and open space: which circumstance being announced, Caesar immediately ordered the baggage to be piled, and the arms to
be got ready.
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