37.
When our soldiers, about 300 in number, had been drawn out of these two ships,
and were marching to the camp, the Morini, whom Caesar, when setting forth for Britain, had
left in a state of peace, excited by the hope of spoil, at first surrounded them
with a small number of men, and ordered them to lay down their arms, if they did
not wish to be slain; afterward however, when they, forming a circle, stood on
their defense, a shout was raised and about 6000 of the enemy soon assembled;
which being reported, Caesar sent all the cavalry in
the camp as a relief to his men. In the mean time our soldiers sustained the
attack of the enemy, and fought most valiantly for more than four hours, and,
receiving but few wounds themselves, slew several of them. But after our cavalry
came in sight, the enemy, throwing away their arms, turned their backs, and a
great number of them were killed.
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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