CHAPTER IX.

1. Clauses of Purpose: 317 and 1; H. 497, II. 2. The Gerundive: 113, d, 2 and 296; H. 544, I.

1. He begins to[1] cross the river.

2. They began to lead their forces across.

3. They lead their forces over in order to take the redoubt.

4. Cæsar has shown that the river was behind him.[2]

5. They will cross so as to lay waste the lands of the Remi.

[NOTES.-- 1. He begins to: _makes a beginning of_. 2. him: should it be +eum+ or +se+?]