B. Afr. 39.1Caesar in opere mīlitēs adhortārī neque adversāriōrum cōpiīs movērī.Caesar went on encouraging his soldiers at the work and not letting them be disturbed by the enemy's forces.Note. adhortārī … movērī: historical infinitives, as in sentence 14. B. Afr. 39.2Iam cum nōn amplius passūs MD inter hostium aciem suāsque mūnītiōnēs esse animadvertisset intellēxissetque ad impediendōs mīlitēs suōs et ab opere dēpellendōs hostem propius accēdere necesseque habēret legiōnēs ā mūnītiōnibus dēdūcere, imperat, turmae Hispānōrum ut ad proximum collem properē accurrerent praesidiumque inde dēturbārent locumque caperent, eōdemque iubet levis armātūrae paucōs cōnsequī subsidiō.When he noticed that there were now no more than 1,500 paces between the enemy's line and his own fortifications, and understood that the enemy was coming closer to hinder his soldiers and drive them from their work, and that he had to lead the legions away from the fortifications, he ordered a squadron of Spaniards to run quickly to the nearest hill, dislodge the garrison from it and take the position, and he ordered a few light-armed troops to follow them to the same place in support.Note. ad impediendōs mīlitēs … dēpellendōs: gerundives of purpose. necesse habēret: 'he considered it necessary'. levis armātūrae paucōs: 'a few of the light-armed troops', genitive of description. B. Afr. 39.3Quī missī celeriter Numidās adortī partim vīvōs capiunt, nōnnūllōs equitēs fugientēs convulnerāvērunt locōque sunt potītī.Sent off, they quickly attacked the Numidians, took some alive, wounded some of the horsemen badly as they fled, and gained possession of the position.Note. partim … nōnnūllōs: the sentence moves from capiunt to the perfect convulnerāvērunt without a change of meaning.
B. Afr. 39.4Postquam id Labiēnus animadvertit, quō celerius iīs auxilium ferret, ex aciē īnstrūctā equitātūs suī prope tōtum dextrum cornū āvertit atque suīs fugientibus suppetiās īre contendit.When Labienus noticed this, he turned almost the whole right wing of his cavalry from the line he had drawn up, so as to bring them help more quickly, and hurried to go to the aid of his men in flight.Note. quō celerius: purpose clause with a comparative. suppetiās īre: 'go to help', with the dative of the people helped. B. Afr. 39.5Quod ubi Caesar cōnspexit, Labiēnum ab suīs cōpiīs longius iam abscessisse, equitātūs suī ālam sinistram ad interclūdendōs hostēs immīsit.When Caesar saw that Labienus had now gone rather far from his own forces, he sent the left wing of his cavalry in to cut the enemy off.Note. Quod ubi: connecting relative, 'When … this'. Labiēnum … abscessisse: indirect statement explaining what Caesar saw.