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from the whole line of the French beach, from he/she wants to say of what he proposed
to transport his/her army through the Channel. He had two legions to take
in Britain, his/her strengths' rest has been situated as
garrisons in the various parts of Gaul. Also it was necessary to go away a,
considerable strength to his/her place of unloading to assure a safe
withdraw in case of some disaster on the British side. The number of
ships of transport provided for the foot soldiers that would be taken
on it was eighty. There was, besides these, eighteen more, what it was
named to bring a squadron of horse. This strength of cavalry was
embarkations to an I bring separate, approximately eighty miles far from that from
what the infantry both to sail.
[Sidenote: Embarkation of the troops.]
For a long time one appropriate day for the arrived embarkation; the troops were
I handed axle the ships, and orders were given for sailing. The day was not able
is sheltered in advance, as the time to try to make the passage owes
necessarily depends on the state of the wind and time. Accordingly,
when favorable opportunity arrived, and the principal body of the army
started to embark he/she picked him/it up of the duration to send the orders to the I bring where
the cavalry was met; and there was, besides, the other causes of
delay that happened to hold this body, so that it resulted, as us
he/she will see to the moment, that the foot soldiers had to act in alone the
before you try to disembark on the British beach.
[Sidenote: Sailing some fleet.]
[Sidenote: the British's Preparations.]
It was one in the morning when the fleet took the breadth. The British
it had, of bad duration the intelligence gotten of Caesar has threatened,
invasion, and they had assembled in the great strength, with troops and
horsemen and carriages of war, and it was ready to protect the beach entirely.
The coast, to the point where Caesar was approaching himself/herself/itself, you/he/she consists of a line
of chalky cliffs, with valley-as openings here and there among them,