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title: "Gallic War — Book V"
author: "Julius Caesar"
translator: "W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn"
languages: [la, en]
shelf: "Classical Latin"
section: 10 of 58
url: https://scriptura.si/works/caesar-gallic-war-book-v/10/
cite: "Julius Caesar, tr. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn, Gallic War — Book V, section 10. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/caesar-gallic-war-book-v/10/"
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# Gallic War — Book V

*Julius Caesar, tr. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn*

## 10. Book V — Chapter 10

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/caesar-gallic-war-book-v/10/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/caesar-gallic-war-book-v/10/#p-N

[¶0] The next day, early in the morning, he sent both foot-soldiers and horse in three divisions on an expedition to pursue those who had fled.

> Latin: Postridie eius diei mane tripertito milites equitesque in expeditionem misit, ut eos qui fugerant persequerentur.

[¶1] These having advanced a little way, when already the rear [of the enemy] was in sight, some horse came to Caesar from Quintus Atrius, to report that the preceding night, a very great storm having arisen, almost all the ships were dashed to pieces and cast upon the shore, because neither the anchors and cables could resist, nor could the sailors and pilots sustain the violence of the storm;

> Latin: His aliquantum itineris progressis, cum iam extremi essent in prospectu, equites a Quinto Atrio ad Caesarem venerunt, qui nuntiarent superiore nocte maxima coorta tempestate prope omnes naves adflictas atque in litore eiectas esse, quod neque ancorae funesque subsisterent, neque nautae gubernatoresque vim tempestatis pati possent;

[¶2] and thus great damage was received by that collision of the ships.

> Latin: itaque ex eo concursu navium magnum esse incommodum acceptum.