22.
The army having been marshaled, rather as the nature of the ground and the
declivity of the hill and the exigency of the time, than as the method and order
of military matters required; while the legions in the different places were
withstanding the enemy, some in one quarter, some in another, and the view was
obstructed by the very thick hedges intervening, as we have before remarked,
neither could proper reserves be posted, nor could the necessary measures be
taken in each part, nor could all the commands be issued by one person.
Therefore, in such an unfavorable state of affairs, various events of fortune
followed.
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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