Et cum undique solito more conclamaretur, virorumque alacritatem sonans classicum iuvaret, hastis et mucronibus strictis, hinc inde comminus pugnabatur: sagittarum periculo miles erat immunis, quantum interiora festinatius occupabat.
And when the battle-cry was raised in the usual manner by both sides and the trumpets blare increased the ardour of the men, here and there they fought hand-to-hand with spears and drawn swords; and the soldiers were freer from the danger of the arrows the more quickly they forced their way into the enemys ranks.
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