§6.41.1Germani desperata expugnatione castrorum, quod nostros iam constitisse in munitionibus videbant, cum ea praeda quam in silvis deposuerant trans Rhenum sese receperunt.
The Germans, despairing of taking the camp, because they saw that our men had already taken their stand on the fortifications, retreated across the Rhine with that booty which they had deposited in the woods.
§6.41.2Ac tantus fuit etiam post discessum hostium terror ut ea nocte, cum Gaius Volusenus missus cum equitatu ad castra venisset, fidem non faceret adesse cum incolumi Caesarem exercitu.
And so great was the terror even after the departure of the enemy, that on that night, when Gaius Volusenus, who had been sent with the cavalry, arrived at the camp, he could not make them believe that Caesar was close at hand with his army safe.
§6.41.3Sic omnino animos timor praeoccupaverat ut paene alienata mente deletis omnibus copiis equitatum se ex fuga recepisse dicerent neque incolumi exercitu Germanos castra oppugnaturos fuisse contenderent.
To such an extent had fear completely seized their minds, that, almost out of their minds, they said that all the forces had been destroyed and that the cavalry had retreated from flight, and they maintained that if the army had been safe, the Germans would not have attacked the camp.
§6.41.4Quem timorem Caesaris adventus sustulit.
This fear the arrival of Caesar removed.