Et signis prope ripam locatis, ad manus comminus conserendas, denseta scutorum compage, semet scientissime praestruebant, ausos quoque aliquos fiducia nandi, vel cavatis arborum truncis, amnem permeare latenter, facillime trucidarunt.
And having set up their standards near the river-bank, the legions drew themselves up most skilfully for fighting hand to hand with a close formation of shields; and with perfect ease they slew some, who had even dared to cross the river secretly, trusting to swimming, or in hollowed out tree trunks.
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