50.
That day, slight skirmishes of cavalry having taken place near the river, both
armies kept in their own positions: the Gauls,
because they were awaiting larger forces which had not then arrived; Caesar, [to see] if perchance by pretense of fear he
could allure the enemy toward his position, so that he might engage in battle,
in front of his camp, on this side of the valley; if he could not accomplish
this, that, having inquired about the passes, he might cross the valley and the
river with the less hazard. At daybreak the cavalry of the enemy approaches to
the camp and joins battle with our horse. Caesar orders
the horse to give way purposely, and retreat to the camp: at the same time he
orders the camp to be fortified with a higher rampart in all directions, the
gates to be barricaded, and in executing these things as much confusion to be
shown as possible, and to perform them under the pretense of fear.
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