De Bello Gallico 4.31

4.31.1At Caesar, etsī nōndum eōrum cōnsilia cognōverat, tamen et ex ēventū nāvium suārum et ex eō quod obsidēs dare intermīserant fore id quod accidit suspicābātur.

But Caesar, although he had not yet learned their plans, nevertheless suspected from what had happened to his ships and from the fact that they had stopped giving hostages that what in fact happened would happen.

Note. fore id quod accidit: 'that what did happen would happen'; Caesar shows his foresight.

4.31.2Itaque ad omnēs cāsūs subsidia comparābat.

And so he prepared remedies for every eventuality.

4.31.2Nam et frūmentum ex agrīs cōtīdiē in castra cōnferēbat et, quae gravissimē adflīctae erant nāvēs, eārum māteriā atque aere ad reliquās reficiendās ūtēbātur et quae ad eās rēs erant ūsuī ex continentī comportārī iubēbat.

For he brought grain into the camp from the fields every day, and he used the timber and bronze of the ships that had been most badly damaged to repair the rest, and ordered what was needed for that work to be brought from the mainland.

4.31.3Itaque, cum summō studiō ā mīlitibus administrārētur, XII nāvibus āmissīs, reliquīs ut nāvigārī satis commodē posset effēcit.

And so, since the soldiers carried out the work with the greatest enthusiasm, though twelve ships were lost, he made it possible for the rest to sail reasonably well.