Caesar's First Major Test as a General

The Helvetii and the Gauls, Celts, and Germans generally knew of no other way to fight than charge en masse and engage in one-on-one fighting. Caesar's legions were so exhausted and had so many dead to bury that they were unable to take up pursuit for three days. But at the end of a long day, when the Helvetii were exhausted, the legions kept pressing forward. Finally, they broke through and captured the Celtic baggage train. And when you have uprooted your entire civilization and packed it all into a baggage train, the capture of said train means that you have lost everything. Those who had survived fell on their knees and begged for clem