Ad Antigoni autem refrenandum impetum tale capit consilium. Certos mittit homines ad infimos montes, qui obvii erant itineri adversariorum, iisque praecipit ut prima nocte quam latissime possint ignes faciant quam maximos atque hos secunda vigilia minuant, tertia perexiguos reddant et, assimulata castrorum consuetudine, suspicionem iniciant hostibus iis locis esse castra ac de eorum adventu esse praenuntiatum; idemque postera nocte faciant.
Now, to check the speed of Antigonus he devised the following plan. He sent trustworthy men to the foot of the mountains which crossed the enemys line of march, with orders to light great fires in the early part of the night over the widest possible space and let them die down in the second watch. In the third watch they must let them nearly go out, and thus, by imitating what was usual in a camp, lead the enemy to suspect that Eumenes was encamped there, and that their coming had been reported; and they must do the same on the following night.
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