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