§3.29.1Reliquis deinceps diebus Caesar silvas caedere instituit, et ne quis inermibus imprudentibusque militibus ab latere impetus fieri posset, omnem eam materiam quae erat caesa conversam ad hostem conlocabat et pro vallo ad utrumque latus extruebat.
For the remaining days in succession, Caesar determined to cut down the forests, and, in order that no attack could be made from the flank upon the unarmed and unsuspecting soldiers, he placed all that timber which had been cut down with its front turned toward the enemy, and piled it up on each flank as a rampart.
§3.29.2Incredibili celeritate magno spatio paucis diebus confecto, cum iam pecus atque extrema impedimenta a nostris tenerentur, ipsi densiores silvas peterent, eius modi sunt tempestates consecutae uti opus necessario intermitteretur et continuatione imbrium diutius sub pellibus milites contineri non possent.
When, with incredible speed, a vast space had been cleared in a few days, so that already the cattle and the rear of the baggage were being captured by our men, while they themselves were seeking the denser forests, storms of such a kind ensued that the work was of necessity interrupted, and because of the continuous rains, the soldiers could no longer be kept under their tents.
§3.29.3Itaque vastatis omnibus eorum agris, vicis aedificiisque incensis, Caesar exercitum reduxit et in Aulercis Lexoviisque, reliquis item civitatibus quae proxime bellum fecerant, in hibernis conlocavit.
Therefore, having laid waste all their fields, and burnt their villages and buildings, Caesar led back his army, and stationed them in winter quarters among the Aulerci and Lexovii, and also the other states which had recently made war.