21.
The whole multitude raise a shout and clash their arms, according to their
custom, as they usually do in the case of him of whose speech they approve;
[they exclaim] that Vercingetorix was a consummate general, and
that they had no doubt of his honor; that the war could not be conducted with
greater prudence. They determine that ten thousand men should be picked out of
the entire army and sent into the town, and decide that the general safety
should not be intrusted to the Bituriges alone, because they were
aware that the glory of the victory must rest with the Bituriges,
if they made good the defense of the town.
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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