He bounded upon one of the camels that were among the baggage, snatched up its halter, and with the long rope, struck the stragglers with all his might, running right and left alternately, in the rear of the army, like a dog driving a flock.
At this thundering voice the lines of men closed up; even the lame hurried their steps; the intervening space lessened in the middle of the isthmus.

The foremost of the Barbarians were marching in the dust raised by the Carthaginians.

The two armies were coming close, and were on the point of touching.

But the Malqua gate, the Tagaste gate, and the great gate of Khamon threw wide their leaves.

The Punic square divided; three columns were swallowed up, and eddied beneath the porches.