When the moment arrived they assaulted on the first day the Athenian lines, and upon a small force of heavy infantry and horse sallying out against them by certain gates, cut off some of the former and routed and pursued them to the lines, where, as the entrance was narrow, the Athenians lost seventy horses and some few of the heavy infantry.
Gero, erasorako unea aukeratu ondoren, lehenengo egunean murru atenastarren kontra jo zuten; eta aurre egitera irten zitzaizkienean hoplita talde ez hain handia eta zaldizko atenastarrak, murrutik kanpo harrapatu zituzten eta ihesean jarri. Murruko ate hura estua zenez, atenastarrek hirurogeita hamar zaldi eta hoplita batzuk galdu zituzten.