Menedemum, ut supra dictum est, miserat ad obsidendum Spitamenen, Bactrianae defectionis auctorem; qui, comperto hostis adventu, ne muris urbis includeretur, simul fretus excipi posse, qua eum  venturum sciebat, consedit occultus.
He had sent Menedemus, as was said before, to besiege Spitamenes, the author of the defection of the Bactriani; Spitamenes, having learned of the coming of the enemy, in order not to be shut within the walls of the city, and at the same time trusting that Menedemus could be taken unawares, had secretly laid an ambuscade where he knew that  Menedemus would come.
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