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Battle of the Muthul Information |
 | | His army had to descend from the mountains and cross a desert plain, eighteen miles wide, to reach Muthul river, where he had to refill his water reserves. |
| | Jughurta had deployed part of his infantry and all of his war elephants along the river, under Bomilcar, while all of his cavalry and the best part of his infantry was hidden in a short and bushy ridge along the path the Roman army had to follow. |
| | Descending from the mountain pass, Metellus noticed the ambush, but his army needed to refill its water reserves, and thus to cross the desert without cavalry coverage and under the sight of the enemy. |
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