 | Charles Oman - 1892 - 406 páginas
...negotiations he developed an attack on their front, when suddenly a great body of horsemen charged in on the Roman flank. It was the main strength of the Gothic...receiving news of the fight it had ridden straight for the battle field. Some Roman squadrons which covered the left flank of the Emperor's army were ridden down... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1898 - 932 páginas
...along the barricade of wagons, when suddenly a great body of horsemen charged in upon the Roman left. It was the main strength of the Gothic cavalry, which...news of the fight, it had ridden straight for the field of battle, and fell upon the exposed flank of the imperial host." The tremendous impact wedged... | |
 | E. H. Pilsbury - 1922 - 210 páginas
...along the barricade of wagons, when suddenly a great body of horsemen charged in upon the Roman left. It was the main strength of the Gothic cavalry, which had been foraging at a distance ; and when it received news of the fight, it had ridden straight for the battlefield, and fell like... | |
| |
Goths lay encamped, arrayed in the time-honored formation of Roman hosts — with the legions and cohorts in the centre, and the squadrons on the wings. The fight was raging hotly all along the barricade of wagons, when suddenly a great body of horsemen... 