15.
On the following day they move their camp from that place; Caesar does the same, and sends forward all his cavalry, to the
number of four thousand (which he had drawn together from all parts of the
Province and from the Aedui and their allies), to observe toward
what parts the enemy are directing their march. These, having too eagerly
pursued the enemy's rear, come to a battle with the cavalry of the Helvetii in a disadvantageous place, and a few of our
men fall. The Helvetii, elated with this battle, because they had
with five hundred horse repulsed so large a body of horse, began to face us more
boldly, sometimes too from their rear to provoke our men by an attack. Caesar [however] restrained his men from battle, deeming
it sufficient for the present to prevent the enemy from rapine, forage, and
depredation. They marched for about fifteen days in such a manner that there was
not more than five or six miles between the enemy's rear and our van.
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