86.
Caesar, on observing these movements, sends Labienus with six cohorts to relieve his distressed
soldiers: he orders him, if he should be unable to withstand them, to draw off
the cohorts and make a sally; but not to do this except through necessity. He
himself goes to the rest, and exhorts them not to succumb to the toil; he shows
them that the fruits of all former engagements depend on that day and hour. The
Gauls within, despairing of forcing the fortifications in the
plains on account of the greatness of the works, attempt the places precipitous
in ascent: hither they bring the engines which they had prepared; by the immense
number of their missiles they dislodge the defenders from the turrets: they fill
the ditches with clay and hurdles, then clear the way; they tear down the
rampart and breast-work with hooks.
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