The Gate to Cæsar

CHAPTER XIX.

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1. Dative of Service: 233 a; H. 390. 2. Imperfect of Repeated Action: 277; H. 469, II. 3. Ablative of Manner: 248 and Rem.; H. 419, III.

1. The cavalry of the enemy kept making attacks.

2. They would attack our horsemen with great courage.

3. These horsemen had been sent ahead by Cæsar as a protection to the camp.

4. Again and again did the enemy pour forward from the woods, where they had hidden.

5. The slingers and archers helped[1] the horsemen.

6. With great speed they would run as far as[2] the woods.

7. With wonderful bravery they engage in battle with the Nervii.

[NOTES.-- 1. helped: two words in Latin. 2. as far as: +ad+, or +usque ad+.]