CHAPTER III.

CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE HELVETII.

(Year of Rome 696.)

(BOOK I. OF THE “COMMENTARIES.”)

I. PROJECTS OF INVASION BY THE HELVETII. (_See Plate 3._) 49

II. CÆSAR’S ARRIVAL AT GENEVA. 52

III. DESCRIPTION OF THE RETRENCHMENT OF THE RHONE. (_See Plate 8._) 52

IV. THE HELVETII BEGIN THEIR MARCH TOWARDS THE SAÔNE. CÆSAR UNITES HIS TROOPS. (_See Plates 2 and 4._) 59

V. DEFEAT OF THE HELVETII ON THE SAÔNE. (_See Plates 2 and 4._) 64

VI. DEFEAT OF THE HELVETII NEAR BIBRACTE. (_See Plates 4 and 5._) 72

VII. PURSUIT OF THE HELVETII 76

VIII. OBSERVATIONS 79