[48] As for the camels, all they did was to scare the horses; their riders could take no part in the slaughter, and were never touched themselves by the enemy's cavalry.

For not a horse would come near the camels.

[49] It was a useful arm, certainly, but no gallant gentleman would dream of breeding camels for his own use or learning to fight on camel-back.

And so they returned to their old position among the baggage-train.
[C.2] Then Cyrus and his men took their evening meal and posted their pickets and went to rest.

But Croesus and his army fled in haste to Sardis, and the other tribes hurried away homewards under cover of night as fast and as far as they could.