§8.43.1Caesar cum complures suos vulnerari videret, ex omnibus oppidi partibus cohortes montem ascendere et simulatione moenium occupandorum clamorem undique iubet tollere.
Caesar, seeing that many of his men were being wounded, ordered the cohorts to ascend the mountain from all sides of the town, and, under the pretense of seizing the walls, to raise a shout from every quarter.
§8.43.2Quo facto perterriti oppidani, cum quid ageretur in locis reliquis essent suspensi, revocant ab impugnandis operibus armatos murisque disponunt.
Terrified by this action, since the townspeople were in suspense as to what was going on in the other quarters, they recalled the armed men from attacking the works and stationed them on the walls.
§8.43.3Ita nostri fine proeli facto celeriter opera flamma comprehensa partim restinguunt, partim interscindunt.
Thus our men, after the end of the battle was made, quickly extinguished the works caught by the flame in part, and in part cut them off.
§8.43.4Cum pertinaciter resisterent oppidani, magna etiam parte amissa siti suorum in sententia permanerent, ad postremum cuniculis venae fontis intercisae sunt atque aversae.
Although the townspeople resisted stubbornly, and, though a great part of their own men had been lost through thirst, persisted in their resolve, at last the veins of the spring were cut off and diverted by means of mines.
§8.43.5Quo facto repente perennis exaruit fons tantamque attulit oppidanis salutis desperationem, ut id non hominum consilio, sed deorum voluntate factum putarent.
By this action, the perennial spring suddenly dried up and brought such despair of safety to the townspeople that they thought this had been done not by human design, but by the will of the gods.
Itaque se necessitate coacti tradiderunt.
Therefore, compelled by necessity, they surrendered.