Caesar de Bello Gallico 4.32-4.36 Translation Chunking

in eā parte vidērī quam in partem legiō iter fēcisset

was seen in that part into which part the legion had made a journey

Dum ea geruntur

While these things were being done

legione...ex

with one legion

Quae appellabatur septima

which was called the seventh

Ex consuetudine... frumentatum missa

having been sent as usual to forage

Neque ulla... belli suspicione

and with not any suspicion of war

Ad id tempus... interposita

having been introduced at that time

Cum par hominum

since part of the men

In agris remaneret

remained in the fields

Pars etiam in castra venitaret

(and) part were coming often into the camp

Ei qui... in statione erant

those who were on guard duty

Pro portis castrorum

in front of the gates of the camp

Caesari nuntiaverunt

reported to Caesar that

Pulverem maiorem quam consuitudo ferret

greater dust than habit brought

Caesar...cohortes...iussit

Caesar... ordered the cohorts

Id quod erat suspicatus

having suspected that which was

Aliquid novi... consili...a barbaris initum...

something of a new plan had been undertaken by the barbarians

Quae in stationibus erant

which were on guard duty

...Secum in eam partem proficisci...

to set out into that part with him

Ex reliquis duas

two from the rest

In stationem succedere

to take the place of [the cohorts] on guard duty

Reliquas armari

(and) the rest to be armed

...Et confestim sese subsequi

and to follow him immediately

Cum processisset

when he had advanced

...Paulo longius a castris...

a little farther from camp

...Animadvertit... suos ab hostibus premi

he noticed that his own men were pressed by the enemy

Atque aegre sustinere

and were withstanding with difficulty

Et cōnfertā legiōne tēla cōicī

and with the legion closely packed, the spears were being thrown

Ex omnibus partibus

from all parts

Nam quod

for because

Una pars

one part

Erat reliqua

was remaining

Frumento demesso

with all the grain having been harvested

Omni ex partibus

from the rest of the parts

Hostes suspicati

the enemy having suspected

Huc nostros esse venturos

that our men would come here

Noctu in silvis delituerant

and hidden in the woods at night

Tum dispersos

then the dispersed (men)

Depositis armis

with their weapons having been put down

In metendo occupatos

having been busy/occupied in harvesting

Adorti

(they) having attacked

Paucis interfectis

with a few having been killed

Perturbaverant reliquos

(they) had thrown the rest into confusion

Incertis ordinibus

with disorganized ranks

Simul circumdederant

at the same time they had surrounded

Equitatu atque essedis

with cavalry and chariots

Genus hoc est ex essedis pugnae

the kind of fighting from chariots is this

Primo per omnes partes perequitant

first through all parts they ride

Et tela coiciunt

and throw spears

Atque ipso terrore equorum

and with the terror itself of the horses

Et strepitu rotarum

and with the noise of the wheels

Ordines plerumque perturbant

they mostly/generally confuse ranks

Et, cum... insinuaverunt

and, when they have brought in

Se inter equitum turmas

themselves among the troops of horsemen

Ex essedis disiliunt

they jump out of the chariots

Et pedibus proeliantur

and fight on foot

Aurigae interim

the charioteers meanwhile

Paulatim ex proelio excedunt

withdraw a little from battle

Atque ita currūs collocant

and thus place the chariots

Ut, si illi... premantur

so that, if they are pressed

A multitudine hostium

by a multitude of enemies

Expeditum ad suos receptum habeant

they would have a speedy retreat to them

Ita praestant

thus they provide

Mobilitatem equitum

the mobility of the horsemen

Stabilitatem peditum

(and) the stability of footmen

In proeliis

in battles

Ac efficiunt tantum

and they accomplish so much

Usu cotidiano

by daily use

Ac exercitatione

and practice

Uti... consuerint

that they have become accustomed

Sustinere

to control

Incitatos equos

their urged on horses

Quibus rēbus

with which things

Caesar... auxilium tulit

Caesar brought help

Tempore opportūnissimō

at a very advantageous time

Perturbātīs nostrīs

to our men thrown into confusion

Nōvitāte pūgnae

by the strangeness of the fighting

Namque ēius adventū hostēs cōnstitērunt

for the enemy halted at his arrival

Nostrī recēpērunt

(and) our men recovered

Sē ex timōre

from their fear

Quō factō

with which having been done

Tempus arbitrātus

having thought that the time

Lacēssendum... aliēnum

was unfavorable to provoke

Et committendum proelium

and begin a battle

Suō sē locō continuit

he held himself in his position

Et, brevī tempore intermīssō

and, with a short time having been passed

Legiōnēs redūxit

he led the legions back

In castra

into the camp

Dum haec geruntur

while these things are done

Nostris omnibus occupatis

with all our men busy

Reliqui qui erant in agris discesserunt

the rest who were in the fields departed

Secutae... tempestates

storms followed

Continuos complures dies

for several continuous days

Quae et continerent nostros in castris

which both held our men in the camp

Et hostem... prohiberent a pugna

and kept the enemy from battle

Interim barbari

meanwhile, the barbarians

Nuntios... dismiserunt

sent away the messengers

In omnes partes (-que) praedicaverunt

into all parts and reported

Paucitatem nostrorum militum

the small number of our soldiers

Suis et demonstraverunt

to their (own) and they explained