De Bello Gallico 5.39

5.39.1Itaque cōnfestim dīmissīs nūntiīs ad Ceutronēs, Grudiōs, Levacōs, Pleumoxiōs, Geidumnōs, quī omnēs sub eōrum imperiō sunt, quam maximās manūs possunt cōgunt et dē imprōvīsō ad Cicerōnis hīberna advolant nōndum ad eum fāma dē Titūrī morte perlātā.

So, sending messengers at once to the Ceutrones, Grudii, Levaci, Pleumoxii and Geidumni, who are all under their rule, they gather the largest forces they can and suddenly swoop on Cicero's winter camp, before the news of Titurius' death had reached him.

5.39.2Huic quoque accidit, quod fuit necesse, ut nōnnūllī mīlitēs, quī lignātiōnis mūnītiōnisque causā in silvās discessissent, repentīnō equitum adventū interciperentur.

He too suffered what was bound to happen, that some soldiers who had gone off into the woods to gather wood and building material were cut off by the sudden arrival of the cavalry.

5.39.3Hīs circumventīs magnā manū Eburōnēs, Nerviī, Aduatucī atque hōrum omnium sociī et clientēs legiōnem oppugnāre incipiunt.

When these had been surrounded, the Eburones, Nervii and Atuatuci, and the allies and dependants of all of them, begin to attack the legion with a great force.

5.39.3Nostrī celeriter ad arma concurrunt, vallum cōnscendunt.

Our men quickly run to arms and mount the rampart.

5.39.4Aegrē is diēs sustentātur, quod omnem spem hostēs in celeritāte pōnēbant atque hanc adeptī victōriam in perpetuum sē fore victōrēs cōnfīdēbant.

That day was barely held out, because the enemy placed all their hope in speed and were confident that if they won this victory they would be victors for ever.