Sed ubi Numidas quietos neque colle degredi animadvortit, veritus ex anni tempore et inopia aquae ne siti conficeretur exercitus, <P.  Rutilium legatum cum expeditis cohortibus et parte equitum praemisit ad flumen uti locum castris antecaperet, existumans hostis crebro impetu et transvorsis proeliis iter suom remoraturos et, quoniam armis diffiderent, lassitudinem et sitim militum temptaturos.
When Metellus noticed the Numidians making no move and that they were not coming down from the hill, since he was afraid in view of the season of the year and the scarcity of water that his army might be consumed by thirst, he sent ahead toward the river his deputy commander Publius Rutilius with infantry units ready for action and part of the cavalry in order to occupy in advance a position for the camp. He thought that the enemy would try to delay his progress by repeated attacks and battles on his flank, and that since they put little trust in their arms, they would try the effect of fatigue and thirst upon his soldiers.
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