In the mean while the report respecting the victory of
Caesar is conveyed to
Labienus through the country of the
Remi with incredible speed, so that, though he was about sixty miles distant from the winter-quarter of
Cicero, and
Caesar had arrived there after the ninth hour, before midnight a shout arose at the gates of the camp, by which shout an indication of the victory and a congratulation on the part of the
Remi were given to
Labienus. This report having been carried to the
Treviri ,
Indutiomarus, who had resolved to attack the camp of
Labienus the following day, flies by night and leads back all his forces into the country of the
Treviri .
Caesar sends back
Fabius with his legion to his winter-quarters; he himself determines to winter with three legions near
Samarobriva in three different quarters, and, because such great commotions had arisen in
Gaul, he resolved to remain during the whole winter with the army himself. For the disaster respecting the death of
Sabinus having been circulated among them, almost all the states of
Gaul were deliberating about war, sending messengers and embassies into all quarters, inquiring what further measure they should take, and holding councils by night in secluded places. Nor did any period of the whole winter pass over without fresh anxiety to
Caesar, or, without his receiving some intelligence respecting the meetings and commotions of the
Gauls. Among these, he is informed by
L. Roscius, the lieutenant whom he had placed over the thirteenth legion, that large forces of those states of the
Gauls, which are called the
Armoricae, had assembled for the purpose of attacking him and were not more than eight miles distant; but intelligence respecting the victory of
Caesar being carried [to them], had retreated in such a manner that their departure appeared like a flight.
