Hist. 2.26.1Intereā Paulīnī et Celsī ductū rēs ēgregiē gestae.Meanwhile, under the leadership of Paulinus and Celsus, there were brilliant successes. Hist. 2.26.1Angēbant Caecīnam nēquīquam omnia coepta et senēscēns exercitūs suī fāma.Caecina was tormented by the failure of all his undertakings and by the fading reputation of his army. Hist. 2.26.1Pulsus Placentiā, caesīs nūper auxiliīs, etiam per concursum explōrātōrum, crēbra magis quam digna memorātū proelia, īnferior, propinquante Fabiō Valente, nē omne bellī decus illūc concēderet, reciperāre glōriam avidius quam cōnsultius properābat.Driven 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. Hist. 2.26.1Ad duodecimum ā Cremōnā (locus Castorum vocātur) ferōcissimōs auxiliārium imminentibus viae lūcīs occultōs compōnit: equitēs prōcēdere longius iussī et inrītātō proeliō sponte refugī festīnātiōnem sequentium ēlicere, dōnec īnsidiae coorerentur.At 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.
Hist. 2.26.1Prōditum id Othōniānīs ducibus, et cūram peditum Paulīnus, equitum Celsus sūmpsēre.This was betrayed to the Othonian generals, and Paulinus took charge of the infantry, Celsus of the cavalry. Hist. 2.26.1Tertiae decimae legiōnis vēxillum, quattuor auxiliōrum cohortēs et quīngentī equitēs in sinistrō locantur;A detachment of the Thirteenth Legion, four auxiliary cohorts and five hundred cavalry are placed on the left; Hist. 2.26.1aggerem viae trēs praetōriae cohortēs altīs ōrdinibus obtinuēre;three praetorian cohorts in deep ranks held the raised causeway of the road; Hist. 2.26.1dextrā fronte prīma legiō incessit cum duābus auxiliāribus cohortibus et quīngentīs equitibus: super hōs ex praetōriō auxiliīsque mīlle equitēs, cumulus prosperīs aut subsidium labōrantibus, dūcēbantur.on 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.