They had always supplies of javelins and dromedaries some distance off, and they would return more terrible than before, howl like wolves, and take to flight like vultures.

The Barbarians posted at the extremities of the files fell one by one; and this would continue until evening, when an attempt would be made to enter the mountains.
Although they were perilous for elephants, Hamilcar made his way in among them.

He followed the long chain which extends from the promontory of Hermaeum to the top of Zagouan.

This, they believed, was a device for hiding the insufficiency of his troops.

But the continual uncertainty in which he kept them exasperated them at last more than any defeat.