Supported by catapults mounted on the invasion ships, he landed 2 legions of soldiers near Dover in 55 B.C.
... he began to rush the shore calling out, "Leap forth, soldiers, 
unless you wish ... With only 2 legions, it seems likely from the ill-prepared nature 
of the... [DOC] [TLE] Julius Caesar's First Landing in Britain | History Today [PAR] Whatever Caesar's intentions, he was defeated by the British weather.