[*] 42.22. a Caesaris castris: this camp is placed by Napoleon III at the southern foot of the Vosges Mountains near Cernay （Sennheim）, a few miles northwest of Mühlhausen, and thirty miles beyond Belfort （Fig.
20）, the fortress which now defends this pass on the frontier between France and Germany. The march of Ariovistus placed him nearer the passage, so as to cut off Caesar's supplies.
[*] 42.25.
Whether this camp was between Caesar and the Vosges Mountains or merely beyond him in the open is uncertain.
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| Figure 118. Wall and ditch. |
[*] 42.26.
supportaretur: see
§ 593 (342);
B. 324. 1;
G. 629;
H. 652 (529. ii);
H-B. 539; and cf.
14 7,
24 21.
[*] 42.28.
instructam habuit: cf.
40 20, and note.
[*] 43.1.
vellet: for construction, cf.
supportaretur, 42 26.
[*] 43.3.
castris: the
place where may omit the prep. when the idea of means is prominent （
§ 429 (258. f);
B. 228. 1;
G. 389;
H. 485. 2 (425. ii. 1. ); cf.
H-B. 446. 1）.
[*] 43.4.
hoc: pointing to the description which follows. —
se exercuerant,
were trained; see
§ 476 (279. e);
B. 262. a;
G. 241. 3. R.;
H. 299. 2 (297. i. 2);
H-B. 487.
[*] 44.1.
singuli [equites]
singulos [pedites]: i.e. one apiece.
[*] 44.5.
si quo … prodeundum,
if there was occasion for advancing to any place.
[*] 44.7.
cursum adaequarent: Tacitus （
Ger. 6） says: "They fight in combination [infantry and cavalry] and the foot soldiers, picked out of the entire body of young men and placed in front of the line, are able to keep up with the cavalry in speed." This method of fighting, peculiar to the Germans, seemed so advantageous to Caesar that he employed it himself on occasion, notably at the battle of Pharsalia.
