79.
In the mean time, Commius and the rest of the leaders, to whom the
supreme command had been intrusted, came with all their forces to Alesia , and having occupied the entire hill, encamped not more than
a mile from our fortifications. The following day, having led forth their
cavalry from the camp, they fill all that plain, which, we have related,
extended three miles in length, and drew out their infantry a little from that
place, and post them on the higher ground. The town Alesia commanded a view of the whole plain. The besieged run
together when these auxiliaries were seen; mutual congratulations ensue, and the
minds of all are elated with joy. Accordingly, drawing out their troops, they
encamp before the town, and cover the nearest trench with hurdles and fill it up
with earth, and make ready for a sally and every casualty.
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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