De Bello Gallico 7.67

7.67.1Probātā rē atque omnibus iūreiūrandō adāctīs posterō diē in trēs partēs distribūtō equitātū duae sē aciēs ab duōbus lateribus ostendunt, ūna prīmō agmine iter impedīre coepit.

The proposal was approved and all were sworn by the oath; the next day the cavalry was divided into three parts, two divisions showed themselves on the two flanks, and one began to block the march at the head of the column.

7.67.2Quā rē nūntiātā Caesar suum quoque equitātum tripertītō dīvīsum contrā hostem īre iubet.

When this was reported, Caesar ordered his own cavalry also, divided into three parts, to go against the enemy.

7.67.2Pugnātur ūnā omnibus in partibus.

There was fighting in all parts at once.

7.67.3Cōnsistit agmen;

The column halted;

7.67.3impedīmenta intrā legiōnēs recipiuntur.

the baggage was taken inside the legions.

7.67.4Sī qua in parte nostrī labōrāre aut gravius premī vidēbantur, eō signa īnferrī Caesar aciemque cōnstituī iubēbat;

If our men seemed to be in difficulty or hard pressed in any part, Caesar ordered the standards to be moved forward and the line drawn up there;

Note. Sī qua in parte: after sī, qua is the indefinite 'any'.

7.67.4quae rēs et hostēs ad īnsequendum tardābat et nostrōs spē auxilī cōnfirmābat.

this both slowed the enemy in their pursuit and encouraged our men with the hope of support.

7.67.5Tandem Germānī ab dextrō latere summum iugum nactī hostēs locō dēpellunt;

At last the Germans on the right flank reached the top of a ridge and drove the enemy from their position;

7.67.5fugientēs usque ad flūmen, ubi Vercingetorīx cum pedestribus cōpiīs cōnsēderat, persequuntur complūrēsque interficiunt.

they chased them as they fled right up to the river where Vercingetorix had halted with his infantry, and killed a good many.

7.67.6Quā rē animadversā reliquī nē circumīrentur veritī sē fugae mandant.

When they saw this, the rest, afraid of being surrounded, took to flight.

7.67.6Omnibus locīs fit caedēs.

There was slaughter everywhere.

7.67.7Trēs nōbilissimī Aeduī captī ad Caesarem perdūcuntur: Cotus, praefectus equitum, quī contrōversiam cum Convictolitāvī proximīs comitiīs habuerat, et Cavarillus, quī post dēfectiōnem Litaviccī pedestribus cōpiīs praefuerat, et Eporēdorīx, quō duce ante adventum Caesaris Aeduī cum Sēquanīs bellō contenderant.

Three of the noblest Aedui were captured and brought to Caesar: Cotus, a cavalry commander, who had been in dispute with Convictolitavis at the last election; Cavarillus, who after Litaviccus' revolt had commanded the infantry; and Eporedorix, under whose leadership, before Caesar's arrival, the Aedui had fought a war with the Sequani.