Sed eadem humus movendis inutilis turribus, desidente sabulo agilitatem rotarum morata, etiam tabulata turrium perfringebat, multique vulnerabantur impune, cum idem recipiendis qui admovendis turribus labor eos fatigaret.
But the same ground was useless for moving towers, since the sinking of the sand retarded the turning of the wheels and broke down the flooring of the towers, and many men were wounded without being able to retaliate, since the toil, which was the same in moving back the towers as in pushing them forward, wore them out.
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