Note 32 — Section 173. THE BATTLE OF[1] KASSASSIN. I.
Reading edition
= after he (i.e. the enemy) had kept (zurückhalten, App. § 30) the troops the whole day at (bei) the great heat of the sun (comp. n. S. 76, N. 22; use n as a connecting link, since fem. nouns ending in e in olden times used to take n as an inflection for the Gen., Dat., and Acc. Sing., as well as for the Pl.) in the field.