§7.11.1Altero die cum ad oppidum Senonum Vellaunodunum venisset, ne quem post se hostem relinqueret, quo expeditiore re frumentaria uteretur, oppugnare instituit idque biduo circumvallavit;
On the next day, when he had come to Vellaunodunum, a town of the Senones, in order not to leave any enemy behind him, so that he might have a more uninterrupted grain supply, he decided to attack it and surrounded it with a circumvallation within two days.
§7.11.2tertio die missis ex oppido legatis de deditione arma conferri, iumenta produci, sescentos obsides dari iubet.
On the third day, when envoys were sent from the town concerning a surrender, he ordered the arms to be collected, the pack-animals to be brought out, and six hundred hostages to be given.
§7.11.3Ea qui conficeret, C. Trebonium legatum relinquit.
He left Gaius Trebonius, his lieutenant, to complete these matters.
Ipse, ut quam primum iter faceret, Cenabum Carnutum proficiscitur;
He himself, in order to make his march as quickly as possible, set out for Cenabum of the Carnutes.
§7.11.4qui tum primum allato nuntio de oppugnatione Vellaunoduni, cum longius eam rem ductum iri existimarent, praesidium Cenabi tuendi causa, quod eo mitterent, comparabant.
They, having then for the first time received the news of the siege of Vellaunodunum, since they thought that the affair would be prolonged, were preparing a garrison to send there for the purpose of defending Cenabum.
Huc biduo pervenit.
He arrived here in two days.
§7.11.5Castris ante oppidum positis diei tempore exclusus in posterum oppugnationem differt quaeque ad eam rem usui sint militibus imperat
Having pitched his camp before the town, being prevented by the time of day, he postponed the assault until the following day and ordered the soldiers to prepare what was of use for that purpose.
§7.11.6et, quod oppidum Cenabum pons fluminis Ligeris contingebat, veritus ne noctu ex oppido profugerent, duas legiones in armis excubare iubet.
And, because a bridge over the river Liger touched the town of Cenabum, fearing lest they should escape from the town by night, he ordered two legions to keep watch under arms.
§7.11.7Cenabenses paulo ante mediam noctem silentio ex oppido egressi flumen transire coeperunt.
The people of Cenabum, having gone out of the town in silence a little before midnight, began to cross the river.
Qua re per exploratores nuntiata Caesar legiones §7.11.8quas expeditas esse iusserat portis incensis intromittit atque oppido potitur, perpaucis ex hostium numero desideratis quin cuncti caperentur, quod pontis atque itinerum angustiae multitudinis fugam intercluserant.
This matter having been reported by the scouts, Caesar, the legions which he had ordered to be ready for action, having set fire to the gates, sent them in and took possession of the town, very few of the enemy's number being missed from all being captured, because the narrowness of the bridge and the roads had blocked the flight of the multitude.
§7.11.9Oppidum diripit atque incendit, praedam militibus donat, exercitum Ligerem traducit atque in Biturigum fines pervenit.
He pillages and burns the town, gives the booty to the soldiers, leads his army across the Liger, and arrives in the territory of the Bituriges.