DBG IV.24

At barbari, consilio Romanorum cognito, praemisso equitatu et essedariis, quo plerumque genere in proeliis uti consuerunt, reliquis copiis subsecuti nostros navibus egredi prohibebant.

But the Barbarians, with the plan of the Romans having been known, with the calvalry and the charioteers having been sent forth, with which kind they very much are accustomed to use in battles,having followed the remaining troops, they were prohibiting our men to disembark from the ships.

Erat ob has causa summa difficultas, quod naves propter magnitudinem nisi in alto constitui non poterant, militibus autem, ignotis locis, impeditis manibus, magno et gravi onere armorum oppressis simul et de navibus desiliendum et in fluctibus consistendum et cum hostibus erat pugnandum,

There was the greatest difficulty on account of these causes, because the ships were not able to be set up except in the deep on account of the size, however, with the soldiers having been oppressed by a great and grave burden of weapons at once, and [the soldiers] had to dismount from the ships, and had to stand in the waves, and had to fight with the enemies,

cum illi aut ex arido aut paulum in aquam progressi omnibus membris expeditis, notissimis locis audacter tela coicerent et equos nsuefactos incitarent.

since those men having advanced either out of dry land or a little into the water which all the limbs being unimpeded in most known places they throw their weapons boldly and excited the accustomed horses.

Quibus rebus nostri perterriti atque huius omnino generis pugnae imperiti, non eadem alacritate ac studio quo in pedestribus uti proeliis consuerant utebantur.

By which matters our men having been terrified thoroughly and having been inexperienced of this kind of fight entirely, they were using not the same eagerness and zeal with which they were accustomed to use in pedestrian battles.