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great captains a course of six lectures showing the influence on the art of war

by Dodge Theodore Ayrault

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...quartered his troops unwisely far apart, from scarcity of corn, and relying on the supposed subjection of the Gauls. This led to an uprising, the destruction of one legion and the jeopardiz- ing of several others. The error of thus dispersing his forces was, to an extent, offset by Caesar's prodigious activity and brilliant courage in retrieving his error and succoring his endangered legions. In the sixth campaign (B. C. 53), Caesar again crossed the Ehine, with no greater result than added fame, and definitely subdued the tribes along the western borders of this stream. The work of this year was admirable in every way. At its expiration Caesar, as usual, returned to Rome. During his absence the chiefs of the Gallic tribes deter- mined to make one more universal uprising, surround the legions, and, cutting Caesar off from return, to destroy them. The leader of the movement was Vercingetorix, a foung chief of exceptional ability, to whose standard 32 GREAT CAPTAINS. Flocked numberless...

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