Chapter VIII: (Year of Rome 700.)

(BOOK V. OF THE “COMMENTARIES.”)

MARCH AGAINST THE TREVIRI--SECOND DESCENT IN BRITAIN.

I. INSPECTION OF THE FLEET. MARCH AGAINST THE TREVIRI. 204

II. DEPARTURE FOR THE ISLE OF BRITAIN. (_See Plate 16._) 206

III. MARCH INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE COUNTRY. (_See Plate 16._) 208

IV. DESTRUCTION OF A PART OF THE FLEET. 210

V. CÆSAR RESUMES THE OFFENSIVE. 211

VI. MARCH TOWARDS THE THAMES. (_See Plate 16._) 214

VII. SUBMISSION OF A PART OF BRITAIN. (_See Plate 16._) 216

VIII. RE-EMBARKATION OF THE ARMY. 217

IX. OBSERVATIONS. (_See Plate 16._) 219

X. PRESUMED DATES OF THE SECOND CAMPAIGN IN BRITAIN. 223

XI. DISTRIBUTION OF THE LEGIONS IN THEIR WINTER QUARTERS. (_See Plates 14 and 18._) 225

XII. DEFEAT OF SABINUS AT ADUATUCA. 228

XIII. ATTACK ON CICERO’S CAMP. 234

XIV. CÆSAR MARCHES TO THE SUCCOUR OF CICERO. (_See Plates 14 and 27, Fig. 8._) 236

XV. CÆSAR PLACES HIS TROOPS IN WINTER QUARTERS. LABIENUS DEFEATS INDUTIOMARUS. 246

XVI. OBSERVATIONS. 250

CHAPTER IX.

(Year of Rome 701.)

(BOOK VI. OF THE “COMMENTARIES.”)

CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE NERVII AND THE TREVIRI--SECOND PASSAGE OF THE RHINE--WAR AGAINST AMBIORIX AND THE EBURONES.

I. CÆSAR AUGMENTS HIS ARMY. 253

II. WAR AGAINST THE NERVII. GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GAUL. 254

III. SUBMISSION OF THE MENAPII. 256

IV. SUCCESS OF LABIENUS AGAINST THE TREVIRI. 257

V. SECOND PASSAGE OF THE RHINE. 260

VI. WAR AGAINST AMBIORIX. (_See Plates 2 and 14._) 262

VII. THE SICAMBRI ATTACK ADUATUCA. (_See Plate 18._) 265