Leonnato deinde praemisso, ut puteos foderet qua terrestri itinere ducturus exercitum videbatur'quippe sicca erat regio', ipse cum copiis subsistit  vernum tempus exspectans.
Then Leonnatus was sent ahead, to dig wells along the route by which he seemed likely to lead the army in a march by land'for the region was dry'while Alexander himself with his troops remained where he was,  waiting for the springtime.
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