Ita numero priores, si ab persequendo hostis deterrere nequiverant, disiectos ab tergo aut lateribus circumveniebant; sin opportunior fugae collis quam campi fuerat, ea vero consueti Numidarum equi facile inter virgulta evadere, nostros asperitas et insolentia loci retinebat.
Thus if the Numidians were unable to deter the enemy from their pursuit, with their superior numbers they cut off their scattered pursuers in the rear or on the flanks; but if the hill proved more favorable for their flight than the plains, the horses of the Numidians, being acquainted with the terrain, easily made their escape by that course amid the thickets, while the rough and unfamiliar ground slowed down our men.
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