Three thousand legionaries, some hastily recruited Belgic auxiliaries, and a mob of peasants and camp-followers, who were as cowardly in action as they were boastful before it, came pouring out simultaneously from all the gates, hoping with their superior numbers to surround the Batavians. But these were experienced veterans.
Hiru mila legionario eta belgen kohorte inprobisatuak, bertakoen eta urketarien kontingente bat, koldarra baina arrisku aurretik lotsagabea, ondoan zutela, ate guztietatik bortxaz irteten dira, kopuruz gutxiago ziren batavoak inguratzeko.