Book 2 — Chapter XXV.
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Chapter XXV.
1. Ablative Absolute: 255 and a.; H. 431, 4.
2. Perfect Participles of Deponents: 290, d.; H. 195, 2.
3. Substitutes for Perf. Act. Partc.: 290, d. 2; H. 550, N. 4.
1. Cæsar saw that the soldiers of the twelfth legion were hard pushed.
2. Cæsar, seeing1 the soldiers of the twelfth legion hard pushed, went to the right wing.
3. As2 all the standard-bearers were wounded, the standards were lost.
4. Then Cæsar snatched a shield from a soldier.
5. The soldiers renewed their courage and delayed3 the enemy’s attack.
Notes.— 1 seeing: not well rendered videns; try casting into a clause—first with ubi, then with cum. 2 As ... wounded: use a participial construction. 3 renewed and delayed: it is better not to turn into Latin by coördinate verbs.