17.
After this had happened several times, Caesar discovered
from a certain prisoner, that Correus, the general of the
Bellovaci, had selected six thousand of his bravest foot and a
thousand horse, with which he designed to lie in ambush in a place to which he
suspected the Romans would send to look for forage,
on account of the abundance of corn and grass. Upon receiving information of
their design Caesar drew out more legions than he
usually did, and sent forward his cavalry as usual, to protect the foragers.
With these he intermixed a guard of light infantry, and himself advanced with
the legions as fast as he could.
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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