Excerpt from Gai Iuli Caesaris De Bello Gallico: Caesar's Gallic War, Four Books The belgian confederacy. A league of the Belgian tribes is reported to Caesar, who moves rapidly to the north, and accepts the submission of the Remi (1 Account of the Belgians and their tribes. Caesar advances to the Axona, relieves the siege of Bibrax, the chief place of the Remi, and establishes a camp, strongly fortified (4 The Belgians attempt to cross the Axona, but are driven back, and pursued with great slaughter (9 Surrender of the Suessiones and Bellovaci: report of the N ervii, who wait to give battle across the Sabis (12 Position of the two forces: the N ervii attack with great fury, and throw the Romans into con fusion, which is partly overcome by their admirable discipline (17 After various fortune, the N ervii assault the camp, which is saved, after a desperate struggle, by the personal address and courage of Caesar (21 Labienus comes up with the tenth legion, and the tide is turned; the N ervii are crushed and almost exterminated (26 The Aduatuci after sundry skirmishes they sue for peace; but renewing the fight after their surrender, are subdued, and upwards of are sold as slaves (29 Meanwhile Crassus secures the submission of the coast population of the Veneti, etc. Gaul appears wholly reduced to peace, and em bassies are sent to Caesar even from beyond the Rhine (34. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.