古德明英語軍事小故事：輕 騎 兵 旅 沖 鋒 行 (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。輕 騎 兵 旅 沖 鋒 行
russian aggression against turkey in 1853 led to the crimean war between russia and an alliance of britain, france and turkey. during one of the battles, there was some confusion about the orders, and 673 british cavalrymen were sent on a charge up a long valley with russian artillery firing on them from three sides. they suffered heavy casualties and, though able to engage the russian forces at the end of the valley, they were soon forced to retire. more than 200 of them were killed.
militarily, the charge was a terrible blunder, but the reputation of the british cavalry was greatly enhanced, thanks in no small part to tennyson's famous poem "the charge of the light brigade": "into the valley of death / rode the six hundred.../ theirs not to reason why; / theirs but to do and die."
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