Iug. 51.1Cēterum faciēs tōtīus negōtī varia, incerta, foeda atque miserābilis: dispersī ā suīs pars cēdere, aliī īnsequī;Moreover, the whole affair presented a scene that was changing, uncertain, ugly and pitiable: scattered from their comrades, some gave way, others pursued; Iug. 51.1neque signa neque ōrdinēs observāre;they observed neither standards nor ranks; Iug. 51.1ubi quemque perīculum cēperat, ibi resistere ac prōpulsāre;wherever danger had caught each man, there he stood his ground and fought it off; Iug. 51.1arma tēla, equī virī, hostēs atque cīvēs permixtī;arms and missiles, horses and men, enemies and citizens were mingled together; Iug. 51.1nihil cōnsiliō neque imperiō agī, fors omnia regere.nothing was done by plan or command; chance ruled everything. Iug. 51.2Itaque multum diēī prōcesserat, quom etiam tum ēventus in incertō erat.So much of the day had passed, and even then the outcome was uncertain. Iug. 51.3Dēnique omnibus labōre et aestū languidīs Metellus, ubi videt Numidās minus īnstāre, paulātim mīlitēs in ūnum condūcit, ōrdinēs restituit et cohortīs legiōnāriās quattuor advorsum peditēs hostium conlocat.At last, when all were faint with toil and heat, Metellus, seeing that the Numidians were pressing less hard, gradually brought his soldiers together into one body, restored the ranks, and placed four legionary cohorts facing the enemy's infantry.
Iug. 51.3Eōrum magna pars superiōribus locīs fessa cōnsēderat.A large part of the latter, exhausted, had sat down on the higher ground. Iug. 51.4Simul ōrāre et hortārī mīlitēs, nē dēficerent neu paterentur hostīs fugientīs vincere: neque illīs castra esse neque mūnīmentum ūllum, quō cēdentēs tenderent;At the same time he begged and urged the soldiers not to lose heart and not to let a fleeing enemy conquer: the enemy had neither camp nor any fortification to make for in retreat; Iug. 51.4in armīs omnia sita.everything depended on their arms. Iug. 51.5Sed nē Iugurtha quidem intereā quiētus erat: circumīre, hortārī;But not even Jugurtha was idle meanwhile: he went round and encouraged his men; Iug. 51.5renovāre proelium et ipse cum dēlēctīs temptāre omnia;he renewed the battle and with his picked men tried everything himself; Iug. 51.5subvenīre suīs, hostibus dubiīs īnstāre, quōs firmōs cognōverat, ēminus pugnandō retinēre.he helped his own men, pressed hard on the enemy where they wavered, and held off those whom he knew to be steady by fighting from a distance.