The soldiers, enraged at the desertion of the Macedonians, vented their rage on all their yokes of oxen which they found on the road, and on any baggage which had tumbled off (as might easily happen in the panic of a night retreat), by unyoking and cutting down the cattle and taking the baggage for themselves.
Soldaduek, mazedoniarrek eurei itxaron gabe alde egin zutelako zeharo haserre, topatzen zituzten idi-pareak, uhaleria kendu ondoren, hil egiten zituzten, edo mazedoniarrei, gauez eta izututa buruturiko erretreta batean espero izatekoa den moduan, galdutako edozein trepetxu topatzen zutenean, eurentzat hartzen zuten.