When they advanced the next day the Syracusans surrounded and attacked them on every side, and disabled many of them, falling back if the Athenians advanced and coming on if they retired, and in particular assaulting their rear, in the hope of routing them in detail, and thus striking a panic into the whole army.
atenastarrek erasora joz gero, atzera egiten zuten, baina atenastarrek atzera egitean, berriro beraiek kontraeraso, batez ere erretagoardiari, ea talde txikiren batzuek ihesean jarri eta gudaroste osoa izutzen zuten.