1Meanwhile, under the leadership of Paulinus and Celsus, there were brilliant successes. 1Caecina was tormented by the failure of all his undertakings and by the fading reputation of his army. 1Driven from Placentia, his auxiliaries recently cut down, worsted even in clashes of scouts, engagements more frequent than worth recording, and with Fabius Valens approaching, he hastened, lest all the glory of the war should pass to him, to recover his reputation more eagerly than wisely. 1At the twelfth milestone from Cremona (the place is called Castores) he posts the fiercest of his auxiliaries hidden in the woods that overhang the road: the cavalry were ordered to advance further and, having provoked a fight, to retreat of their own accord and draw the enemy into a hasty pursuit, until the ambush should spring up.
1This was betrayed to the Othonian generals, and Paulinus took charge of the infantry, Celsus of the cavalry. 1A detachment of the Thirteenth Legion, four auxiliary cohorts and five hundred cavalry are placed on the left; 1three praetorian cohorts in deep ranks held the raised causeway of the road; 1on the right front the First Legion advanced with two auxiliary cohorts and five hundred cavalry: besides these, a thousand cavalry from the praetorians and the auxiliaries were brought up, to crown success or to support those in difficulty.