22.
At day-break, when the summit of the mountain was in the possession of
Titus Labienus, and he himself was not further off than a mile
and half from the enemy's camp, nor, as he afterward ascertained from the
captives, had either his arrival or that of Labienus been
discovered; Considius, with his horse at full gallop, comes up to
him says that the mountain which he [Caesar] wished
should be seized by Labienus, is in possession of the enemy; that
he has discovered this by the Gallic arms and ensigns. Caesar leads off his forces to the next hill: [and] draws
them up in battle-order. Labienus, as he had been ordered by Caesar not to come to an engagement unless
[Caesar's] own forces were seen near the enemy's camp, that the
attack upon the enemy might be made on every side at the same time, was, after
having taken possession of the mountain, waiting for our men, and refraining
from battle. When, at length, the day was far advanced, Caesar learned through spies, that the mountain was in possession of
his own men, and that the Helvetii had moved their
camp, and that Considius, struck with fear, had reported to him, as
seen, that which he had not seen. On that day he follows the enemy at his usual
distance, and pitches his camp three miles from theirs.
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