Haec dum magno molimine comparantur, Surena hostium dux iumenta adortus, quae in lucis palmaribus vescebantur, a cohortibus nostris repulsoriis cum paucorum exitio habitus frustra discessit.
While great preparations were being made for the siege, the Surena, who was in command of the enemy, made an attack on the pack-animals, which were grazing in the palm-groves; but he was me1 by our scouting-cohorts, and after loss of a few of the men, was baffled by our forces and withdrew.
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