History of the Peloponnesian War

And remaining amongst the Chalcidians, he joined in the other measures of the war; and laid an ambuscade near the city of the Sermylians, and cut off many of them; and sending to the Peloponnese, [*]( The original is a condensed expression, the participle πέμπων being understood, as is evident from chap. 57. 3, where it is expressed, δεδιώς τε ἔπρασσεν ἔς τε τὴν λακεδαίμονα πέμπων ὅπως, κ. τ. λ.) endeavoured to contrive a way in which some assistance might be brought. After the works round Potidaea were finished, Phormio with his sixteen hundred men proceeded to ravage Chalcidice and Bottice, and took some of the towns also.