hostisque mediam aciem suam oppido texisse et sibi difficile factu esse intellexit simul et oppidum uno tempore oppugnare et in acie in cornu dextro ac sinistro ex iniquiore loco pugnare, praesertim cum milites a mane diei ieiuni sub armis stetissent defatigati.
And he understood that the adversary had employed the village to conceal his center, and that he personally was confronted with a cumbersome duty of assaulting the village while simultaneously battling from an unfavorable position on both his right and left wings, particularly as his soldiers had been standing guard without any nourishment since dawn, and were completely fatigued.