De Bello Gallico 8.20

8.20.1Tālī modō rē gestā recentibus proelī vestīgiīs ingressus Caesar, cum victōs tantā calamitāte exīstimāret hostēs nūntiō acceptō locum castrōrum relictūrōs, quae nōn longius ab eā caede abesse plūs minus octō mīlibus dīcēbantur, tametsī flūmine impedītum trānsitum vidēbat, tamen exercitū trāductō prōgreditur.

When the action had gone like this, Caesar came up on the fresh traces of the battle; he thought that the enemy, beaten by so great a disaster, would abandon the site of their camp, which was said to be no further than about eight miles from the scene of the slaughter, once they had the news; and although he saw that the crossing was hindered by a river, nevertheless he took the army across and advanced.

Note. recentibus proelī vestīgiīs ingressus: 'following the fresh traces of the battle'. relictūrōs (esse): future infinitive in indirect statement after exīstimāret. plūs minus: 'more or less, about'.

8.20.2At Bellovacī reliquaeque cīvitātēs repente ex fugā paucīs atque hīs vulnerātīs receptīs, quī silvārum beneficiō cāsum ēvītāverant, omnibus adversīs, cognitā calamitāte, interfectō Correō, āmissō equitātū et fortissimīs peditibus, cum adventāre Rōmānōs exīstimārent, conciliō repente cantū tubārum convocātō conclāmant, lēgātī obsidēsque ad Caesarem mittantur.

But the Bellovaci and the other states, having suddenly taken back from the flight a few men, and those wounded, who had escaped disaster thanks to the woods, with everything against them, the disaster known, Correus killed, the cavalry and the bravest infantry lost, since they thought the Romans were approaching, quickly called a council by the sound of trumpets and cry out that envoys and hostages should be sent to Caesar.

Note. A pile-up of ablatives absolute describes the Gauls' position: omnibus adversīs, cognitā calamitāte, interfectō Correō, āmissō equitātū. conclāmant … mittantur: a jussive subjunctive in reported speech: 'they shout that envoys should be sent'.