Caesar, incenso Mattio (id genti caput), aperta populatus vertit ad Rhenum, non auso hoste terga abeuntium lacessere, quod illi moris, quotiens astu magis quam per formidinem cessit.
First burning the tribal headquarters at Mattium, the Caesar laid waste the open country, and turned back to the Rhine, the enemy not daring to harass the rear of the withdrawing force'their favourite man'uvre in cases where strategy rather than panic has dictated their retreat.
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