Caesar perceiving the difficulty, disposed archers and slingers, and in some places, opposite to the easiest descents, placed engines, and attempted to hinder the townsmen from getting water at the river, which obliged them afterward to go all to one place to procure water.|25px|25px|chapter 40 ( Latin) p.221 book 8}}
Caesar's actions aimed to hinder the townspeople's access to water, forcing them to rely on a central location for their needs.