Casca 9: the Sentinel
“He had sent out strong patrols to provide his force with a screen through which the Vandals, to his knowledge, had not been able to penetrate.
He had selected the site for his army with that in mind: a long cove with a rim of hills around it that gave him some protection from would-be observers. If he was successful in keeping the Vandal scouts from detecting his true numbers and disposition, perhaps there was a way to pull them out from the safety of their walls and into the open, where hi...s better disciplined forces could deal with them.
He gave the orders to advance to the walls of Carthage, but not with his entire force. He took only ten thousand of his men with him, leaving the cataphracti and mercenaries behind, along with much of the light infantry. Perhaps because of the messages from Hippo Regia, the Vandal king, Gelimer, chose not to meet them in the open. Gelimer had prepared as best he could in the short time he had since the first words of the Byzantine landings had come to him.MoreLess
He had selected the site for his army with that in mind: a long cove with a rim of hills around it that gave him some protection from would-be observers. If he was successful in keeping the Vandal scouts from detecting his true numbers and disposition, perhaps there was a way to pull them out from the safety of their walls and into the open, where hi...s better disciplined forces could deal with them.
He gave the orders to advance to the walls of Carthage, but not with his entire force. He took only ten thousand of his men with him, leaving the cataphracti and mercenaries behind, along with much of the light infantry. Perhaps because of the messages from Hippo Regia, the Vandal king, Gelimer, chose not to meet them in the open. Gelimer had prepared as best he could in the short time he had since the first words of the Byzantine landings had come to him.MoreLess
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