Ac primo obscura nocte, postquam haud procul inter se erant, strepitu velut hostes adventarent, alteri apud alteros formidinem simul et tumultum facere et paene inprudentia admissum facinus miserabile, ni utrimque praemissi equites rem exploravissent.
And at first, in the darkness of the night, after the distance between them grew short, the two sides caused fear and confusion in each other by the din resembling the approach of a hostile force; and a lamentable deed almost resulted from their misapprehension if horsemen sent ahead by both sides had not reconnoitered.
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