18.
The nature of the ground which our men had chosen for the camp was this: A hill,
declining evenly from the top, extending to the river
Sambre
, which we have mentioned above: from this river there arose a [second]
hill of like ascent, on the other side and opposite to the former, and open for
about 200 paces at the lower part; but in the upper part, woody, (so much so)
that it was not easy to see through it into the interior. Within these woods the
enemy kept themselves in concealment; a few troops of horse-soldiers appeared on
the open ground, along the river. The depth of the river was about three feet.
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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