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Page 128
... camp at dawn on the following morning . Encumbered by a heavy baggage train , the legion set out for Cicero's camp , and after an hour's march , while descending a forest ravine , it was ambushed . Except for a few men who made their ...
... camp at dawn on the following morning . Encumbered by a heavy baggage train , the legion set out for Cicero's camp , and after an hour's march , while descending a forest ravine , it was ambushed . Except for a few men who made their ...
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... camp and harry the Roman foragers , as Vercingetorix had done . On this information Caesar arranged his column of march to resemble three legions , then rapidly moved for- ward and encamped on Mt St Pierre , which faced Mt St Marc , and ...
... camp and harry the Roman foragers , as Vercingetorix had done . On this information Caesar arranged his column of march to resemble three legions , then rapidly moved for- ward and encamped on Mt St Pierre , which faced Mt St Marc , and ...
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... camp . As he departed , in order to comply with the military etiquette of the times , he had the signal for breaking - camp sounded , so ' that his departure might be known as late as possible ' by the enemy - a gesture of defiance that ...
... camp . As he departed , in order to comply with the military etiquette of the times , he had the signal for breaking - camp sounded , so ' that his departure might be known as late as possible ' by the enemy - a gesture of defiance that ...
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CHAPTER I | 15 |
Inauguration of the Century of Revolution | 22 |
The First Civil | 28 |
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