Talk:Battle of Octodurus

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The Battle

The following makes no sense "Several days after going into winter quarters the Romans woke to find the Gallic half of the town deserted and the slopes above the town covered with a large force of Seduni and Veragri. The Roman fortifications were incomplete and he had only limited supplies. The Romans defended themselves from the fortifications for about six hours, at which time, fearing that they would not be able to keep the enemy out, they sortied. The Roman attack was successful and Caesar states that about one-third of the 30,000 tribesmen were killed. Smith mentions that due to the narrowness of the valley, the Gallic army might have been much smaller than Caesar records and that the casualty figures might also be inflated". They sortied (I'm assuming from the french, means they left, I'm assuming the village, so how did they win? Avi8tor (talk) 19:37, 14 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]