Masinissa, however, did not receive their charge in hasty flight, but retired slowly, until he drew them to the rising grounds which covered the Roman cavalry.

The Roman cavalry then rising up, their own strength unimpaired and their horses fresh, spread themselves round Hanno and the Africans, fatigued with the fight and the pursuit, and Masinissa, suddenly turning his horses round, came back to the battle.

About a thousand who formed the first line and could not easily retreat, together with Hanno their general, were surrounded and slain.

The victors pursuing the rest through a space of three miles, as they fled with the most violent haste, being terrified, principally on account of the death of their leader, either took or slew as many as two thousand horsemen more.

It appeared that there were not less than two hundred Carthaginian horsemen among them, some of whom were distinguished by birth and fortune.
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