ii * yin “an e Bekesbou X advancing diago §g;rossed on the" 1 his forces along the ridge "(B road, the river, and the “tments on the further side c y fronting him and others toward the road which they rn hilltop at Bridge, ending 0 the north-east of the place .ation stands now. Caesaris first object was reach the water in the valley, there to refresh his horses, and a forward cavalry movement was made fith this object. " Caesar dep“ of the Downs fac, enemy, who had efi But this advance precipitated the battle that was imminent, f rhthe Britons, who held the opposite ridge in.force,’ shed down the slope to the water- - ‘§d*tE§‘REmnr1n1mfi*vExa hausted though they were by a waterless~night£march, _the Roman cavalry met the assault, and, repelling it, adrove the enemy bachvinto the woods. This cavalry éharge was followed by a general advance into the dense thickets, into which, excellently suited, both by nature and by art, for defence, the Britons had retired. Here they fought in small hands, protected by mounds and trenches and by felled trees cunningIy interlaced. one of these oppida remains in Beurne Park, on the summit of Bridge Hill and beside the Watling Street which, until 1829, was identical with the Dover Road. In that year a slight deviation was made to the left over the hilltop for about two hundred yards‘ length of roadway, and in the course of cutting through the hill a number of Roman urns and skulls were discovered at a depth of five feet. of those which covered the hill when the Britons and omans contendpdlhere. The place is known locally as W0ld§Eng1and's Holefig and tradition has it that here u ‘s; i The circular ‘earthwork of the redoubt still remains in very good ‘mweservation, surrounded with trees, the sficcessors [together ,...‘...........nw.-;‘e..ama..-..-.. ,.m_ . 13 unknown forests, to 5»: ° -1 . Tradition is not lightly ,i but when it is supported by %s’all respect. "Being withdrew themselves into fee which they had prepared aproaches to it by felled * the Seventh Legion, however, p ld. Throwing up a mound * * Lyolding their shields ' 3' V‘ __ ’ ,ja=tion knowngas "the tortoise"¢ their heads. drove out the — rs at the sword's point. This he last plaee.s{ =t that day. Everywhere the a "= = -'* - ‘"’ .umbers of them slain. The ‘to the woodlands that surrounded ting ambuscades in those it. III :- Caint, and Gas Gas lsré‘t%e last fighting was done. ‘2 front extending for three miles, as :;ton, and it now remained encamped -erti1r_against a possible surprise the$rrég—wieh—Ga:~» _ ;?~~§hd—seT—bs§ene_the_exhanstedo. soldiery could lie down to *'