Cassius Dio records that on the first day of the Medway battle, auxiliary troops — almost certainly the Batavians who were famed for swimming in armour — crossed upstream of the main British position and attacked the war-chariots' horses, rendering that arm useless. This flanking action was the decisive tactical move that allowed Hostilius Geta and Vespasian to press the main crossing.
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