古德明英語軍事小故事：祖魯王國的末日 (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。祖魯王國的末日
in the 1860s, the discovery of gold and diamonds in southern africa made the british, who already had two colonies there, consider annexing the local state of zululand. in 1878, they magnified a small conflict with the zulu king cetshwayo, which ultimately escalated to cetshwayo being given an ultimatum to disband his army.when cetshwayo, as expected, ignored the ultimatum, the british invaded zululand with an army of 13000 men, expecting on easy victory. they were met with an army of 20000- 25000 zulu warriors, who, armed with spears against british guns, beat the british resoundingly on 22 january 1879. nearly 1200 redcoats were killed.sadly, this was to be the last victory of the zulu nation. the british returned in july, and the zulus were utterly routed.
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