Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: Instead , Pompey waited Caesar 's troops out , attempting to starve them by cutting off Caesar 's supply lines . Caesar made a near disastrous attack on Pompey 's camp at Dyrrhachium and was forced to pull away .
Simplified: Pompey , who wanted to starve Caesar 's soldiers , had his hand forced by his allies .