6 aut aliqua offensione permotos = or demoralised by some other mishap (offensione, lit. stumbling, and so failure).
12-15 Pompeius still had undisputed command of the sea.
Caesar’s lines broken. Pompeius was informed by Celtic deserters that Caesar had not yet secured by a cross wall the beach between his two chains of entrenchment on his left (200 yards apart), leaving it possible to land troops from the sea into the unprotected space. Troops were landed by night: Caesar’s outer line of defence was carried, and his lines broken through. ‘Like Wellington at Burgos in 1812, Caesar failed from want of a sufficient force. In each case the only safe course was a retreat: in each case the retreat was conducted with admirable skill.’—W. F.
Dyrrachium. [To face p. 216.
CIVIL WAR, 49-45 B.C. (7)
The Eve of Pharsalus.
Dream of Pompeius.
At nox, felicis Magno pars ultima vitae,
Sollicitos vana decepit imagine somnos.