古德明英語軍事小故事：滿河紅(中英對照)
古德明《征服英語》之英語軍事故事，古德明，香港英語教育作家，他開了一個《征服英語專欄》，在專欄中專門用英語寫了世界近代史上的軍事小故事，用英語講述歷史中那些驚心動魄的戰爭。滿河紅
in the early 19th century, after the british had seized control of the dutch cape colony in southern africa, the largely dutch settlers at the cape, known as boers, began to migrate to the african interior to escape british rule.
one group of boers crossed the drakensberg mountains into zulu territory. they failed in their negotiations with the zulus for the purchase of land for settling and grazing, and endured a number of assaults. on 16 december 1838, a battle took place between the boers and the zulus on the banks of the ncome river in natal. just 470 boer fighters faced a zulu army estimated to number from 10000 to 20000 men.
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