But a plan was not lacking for the barbarians. For their leaders ordered that to announce along the whole battle line that no one should depart from (his) place: [stating that] the booty was theirs and was reserved for them whatever [things] the Romans had left behind: accordingly they should consider that everything was placed/depending on victory.

They [our men] were equal in valor and devotion for fighting; our [men], although they were deserted both by [their] leader and by fortune, neverthelss were putting all hope of safety in valor, and as often as every cohort had charged forward, a great number of the enemy was falling on that side.

This/Which thing having been observed, Ambiorix orders [it] to be announced that they hurl their weapons from a distance and to not approach nearer and, into  what[ever] area the Romans made an attack, they [the enemy] should yield (that nothing was able to be injured for them because of the lightness of [their] arms and daily exercise; they pursue retreating themselves back to the signal.