d the hill, than they caught sight of
another before them occupied also by the enemy. Upon this hill it was
resolved likewise to make an assault. 13. But Xenophon, apprehending
that, if he left the hill which they had taken unguarded, the enemy,
recovering it, might attack the baggage-cattle as they were passing,
(for the train of baggage-cattle reached a great distance, as they were
marching along a narrow path,) left upon the hill the captains
Cephisodorus the son of Cephisophon, an Athenian, Amphicrates the son of
Amphidemus, an Athenian, and Archagoras, an exile from Argos, while he
himself, with the others, directed his march upon the second hill, which
they also captured in a similar manner. 14. However, there was still a
third hill left for them to take, which was by far the steepest of the
whole; this was an eminence that overhung the post where the guard was
surprised in the night by the volunteers. 15. But as the Greeks came up,
the Barbarians deserted the hill without attempting any defence, so that
all were surprised, and suspected that they had left their position from
fear of being surrounded and besieged in it. But the truth was, that
having observed from the eminence what had passed behind, they all went
off with the intention of attacking the rear.

16. Xenophon, with the youngest of his men, ascended to the top, and
ordered the rest to march on slowly, so that the companies in the rear
might join them; and he directed them, after proceeding some distance,
to halt under arms, on a level piece of ground. 17. At this juncture
Aristagoras the Argive came fleeing from the enemy, and said that the
Greeks were driven from the first hill, and that Cephisodorus, and
Amphicrates, and all the rest, who had not leaped from the rock, and
joined the rear-guard, had been killed. 18. The Barbarians, after this
success, appeared upon an eminence opposite the third hill, and Xenophon
began to treat with them, through an interpreter, about making a truce,
and called upon them to give up the dead. 19. They replied, that they
would give them up on condition that he would not burn their villages.
To this Xenophon agreed. But while the rest of the army was passing on,
and these were discussing the terms of a truce, all the Barbarians from
that part of the country had flocked together. Here the enemy made a
stand; 20. and when Xenophon's party began to descend the hill, to join
the others where the heavy-armed troops were draw