61.
When he had arrived there, the enemy's scouts, as they were stationed along every
part of the river, not expecting an attack, because a great storm had suddenly
arisen, were surprised by our soldiers: the infantry and cavalry are quickly
transported, under the superintendence of the Roman
knights, whom he had appointed to that office. Almost at the same time, a little
before daylight, intelligence was given to the enemy that there was an unusual
tumult in the camp of the Romans, and that a strong
force was marching up the river, and that the sound of oars was distinctly heard
in the same quarter, and that soldiers were being conveyed across in ships a
little below. On hearing these things, because they were of opinion that the
legions were passing in three different places, and that the entire army, being
terrified by the revolt of the Aedui, were preparing for flight,
they divided their forces also into three divisions. For leaving a guard
opposite to the camp and sending a small body in the direction of
Metiosedum, with orders to advance as far as the ships would
proceed, they led the rest of their troops against Labienus.
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