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16. αὐτοῦ—τοῦ πολέμου.
17. διὰ πλείονος—of time, in contrast with αὐτίκα.
ἐκ πολέμου μὲν κτλ.—the sentence becomes clear when τοῖς ἐς ἀνάγκην ἀφιγμένοις is supphed from above, i.e. where war becomes a necessity. πολεμῆσαι is ingressive.
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