2.21.1Caesar, necessāriīs rēbus imperātīs, ad cohortandōs mīlitēs, quam in partem fors obtulit, dēcucurrit et ad legiōnem decimam dēvēnit.Caesar gave the necessary orders and ran down to encourage the soldiers wherever chance took him, and came to the tenth legion.Note. quam in partem fors obtulit: 'to whatever part chance brought him'. fors is an old word for chance. 2.21.2Mīlitēs nōn longiōre ōrātiōne cohortātus quam utī suae prīstinae virtūtis memoriam retinērent neu perturbārentur animō hostiumque impetum fortiter sustinērent, quod nōn longius hostēs aberant quam quō tēlum adigī posset, proeliī committendī signum dedit.He encouraged the soldiers in no longer a speech than to tell them to remember their old courage, not to be thrown into confusion, and to bear the enemy's attack bravely; and since the enemy were no further away than a spear could be thrown, he gave the signal for battle.Note. nōn longiōre ōrātiōne … quam utī …: 'with no longer a speech than (telling them) to …'. quam quō tēlum adigī posset: 'than the distance to which a spear could be thrown'. 2.21.4Atque in alteram item cohortandī causā profectus pugnantibus occurrit.And going to the other wing to encourage them too, he found them already fighting. 2.21.5Temporis tanta fuit exiguitās hostiumque tam parātus ad dīmicandum animus ut nōn modo ad īnsignia accommodanda sed etiam ad galeās induendās scūtīsque tegimenta dētrahenda tempus dēfuerit.So short was the time and so ready for fighting were the enemy that there was no time even to put on their badges, let alone to put on helmets and pull the covers off the shields.Note. ad īnsignia accommodanda: gerundive of purpose. The soldiers had no time even to fix crests and badges to their helmets.
2.21.6Quam quisque ab opere in partem cāsū dēvēnit quaeque prīma signa cōnspexit, ad haec cōnstitit, nē in quaerendīs suīs pugnandī tempus dīmitteret.Wherever each man happened to come from the work, and whatever standards he saw first, by those he took his stand, so as not to lose fighting time looking for his own unit.Note. quam quisque … in partem: 'into whatever part each man'. quaeque = et quae.