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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mmadsen" data-source="post: 281123" data-attributes="member: 1645">Chapter VIII -- Broken PromisesLast we saw, Caesar was getting his nose bloodied by Afranius, fighting over a small hill outside Ilerda (now Lerida).Afranius claimed the day's fight as a victory for his side, and messengers hurried away to italy with the news that Caesar had been bettered....Two days later, a storm brought the heaviest rainfall in memory to the region, washing away the two bridges behind CAesar, over which he was supplied.  Afranius then led a raid in Caesar's rear, inflicting more than two hundred casualties on a column bringing up supplies and reinforcements.Ouch!  It just gets worse.After failing to repair the bridges because opposition troops occupied the opposite bank, Caesar had his men build light, flat-bottomed boats, of a kind he'd seen in Britain, and was able to spirit troops across the water in the night and drive Afranius's men away from the bridge site.  Once he was in occupation of both banks he was able to bridge the river and once more link up with his supply columns and foraging parties.Very, very Caesar.  If you're a Roman general, familiar with Caesar, as Afranius should be, don't you expect him to plan something fiendish and move all his troops at night?</blockquote>