Axes are distributed among the servants following the army, to tear down the rampart and fill up the trench.

The line was formed within the works, and some chosen cohorts posted close to the gates.

Then, a little before day, which in summer nights is the time of the profoundest sleep, the signal being given, the rampart was levelled, and the troops rushing forth, fell upon the enemy, who were every where stretched at their length.

Some were put to death before they could stir; others half asleep, in their beds; the greatest part, while they ran in confusion to arms; few, in short, had time afforded them to arm themselves; and these, who followed no particular leader, nor orders, were quickly routed by the Romans and pursued by the Roman horse.

They fled different ways; to the camp and to the woods.