Julius Caesar and the foundation of the Roman imperial system . hurriedround the works to cheer the men and urge them toend their labours by this supreme effort ; a stepwhich shows that the crisis had indeed come. Inthe plain the lines were strong, and the Gauls fromAlesia, despairing of victory there, rushed up theslopes of Mont Flavigny which Caesar had just left,and attacked the slighter defences on that despatched first Brutus with succour, thenFabius ; but still the attack was unwearied. At lasthe called up his reserve, which had not yet beenengaged, and after beating the enem
Julius Caesar and the foundation of the Roman imperial system . hurriedround the works to cheer the men and urge them toend their labours by this supreme effort ; a stepwhich shows that the crisis had indeed come. Inthe plain the lines were strong, and the Gauls fromAlesia, despairing of victory there, rushed up theslopes of Mont Flavigny which Caesar had just left,and attacked the slighter defences on that despatched first Brutus with succour, thenFabius ; but still the attack was unwearied. At lasthe called up his reserve, which had not yet beenengaged, and after beating the enemy off at thatpoint, rode away once more to the scene of thestruggle at Mont Rea. Labienus, hopeless of hold-ing his ground there, had collected every man hecould lay hands on, and was preparing to take thatstep which Caesar had ordered as a last aide-de-camp flew with the news to Caesar, whoswiftly gathered a few cohorts from the forts in theplain, and ordered some squadrons of cavalry to rideround outside the lines and take the enemy in the fi^- %, MAP OF OPERATIONS AT ALESIA. AFTER NAPOLEON III. (jULES CESAR). A- Aksia. B. Mont R6a. C. Gallic Army of Relief. *..? V Caisars Castella Connecting his Lines. 52 ] The Gallic Rebellions. 235 When the Gauls on Mont R^a recognised him by thepurple mantle of the proconsul which he wore in ac-tion, and saw him bringing up his last available troops,they knew that the supreme moment had a few minutes they renewed the fight with fury ;then, before Labienus had carried out his desperatetask, the cavalry sent by Caesar appeared in theirrear, and they began to fall back. They were metby the horsemen and cut to pieces. This decidedthe battle ; rest was capture and standards were taken ; hardly a manwould have escaped, if the Romans had not beenutterly worn out. As it was, the cavalry sent in pur-suit broke up the whole army, and after a terribleslaughter, returned with multitude
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