Qui omnes, trepidi inproviso metu ac tamen virtutis memores, aut arma capiebant aut capientis alios ab hostibus defensabant; pars equos escendere, obviam ire hostibus; pugna latrocinio magis quam proelio similis fieri; sine signis, sine ordinibus equites peditesque permixti cedere alius, alius obtruncari, multi contra advorsos acerrume pugnantes ab tergo circumveniri; .
Agitated by the unexpected alarm, and yet mindful of their valor, all our men either seized their weapons or warded off the enemy from their comrades while they were arming themselves. A part leapt on their horses and charged the foe. The combat turned into something more like an action against bandits than a pitched battle. Without regimental standards, without proper battle formation, with cavalry and infantry mingled together, one man gave ground, while another was cut down; many, while fighting fiercely against their adversaries, were surrounded from the rear.
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