古德明英語軍事小故事：蜜 蜂 之 役(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。蜜 蜂 之 役
the battle of tanga, 1914, was an attempt by british forces to capture german east africa. the british commander ordered his troops to march on the city. the german garrison ambushed them and broke their advance. at the same time, the british had to face an even greater enemy than the germans.
infuriated by the noise and the bullets, large and aggressive african bees emerged in clouds from their hives and descended on the advancing british troops. one engineer was stung 300 times while another, unconscious from a wound, returned to consciousness to find himself dive-bombed by hundreds of bees. the british were forced to retreat to their ships.
the bees gave the battle another name: the battle of the bees.
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