25.
There, while some were filling up the ditch, and others, by throwing a large
number of darts, were driving the defenders from the rampart and fortifications,
and the auxiliaries, on whom Crassus did not much rely
in the battle, by supplying stones and weapons [to the soldiers], and by
conveying turf to the mound, presented the appearance and character of men
engaged in fighting; while also the enemy were fighting resolutely and boldly,
and their weapons, discharged from their higher position, fell with great
effect; the horse, having gone round the camp of the enemy, reported to Crassus that the camp was not fortified with equal care
on the side of the Decuman gate, and had an easy approach.
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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