invadunt alacres inimicum pontibus amnem; nunc celso capite et cervicibus arma tuentur, nunc validis gurges certatim frangitur ulnis.
The river will bear no bridges, and the soldiers eagerly plunged in; some protect their weapons by holding their head and shoulders high, while others in keen rivalry stem the flood with stout arms.
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