Gallic Wars (58 BC-50 BC). First campaign against the Germanic tribes (58 BC). Ariovistus, the Suebi leader, deploys his cavalry and sixteen thousand infantry to prevent Caesar from entrenching his second camp. Caesar fights with his first two lines, while the third is used to fortify his second camp. Engraving. "Commentaires de Cesar, avec des notes historiques, critiques et militaires", by Count Turpin de Crissé. Volume I. Published in Montargis and sold in Paris, 1785.

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