古德明英語軍事小故事：泥 炭 攻 城(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。泥 炭 攻 城
during the dutch revolt against spain in 1590 the dutch leader, count maurice, captured the strategically important city of breda with a variation on the idea of the trojan horse.
learining that boats carrying peat were admitted to the castle at breda without being searched, maurice sought one of his father's own servants who operated a peat boat and persuaded him to carry only three loads of peat instead of the nine he usually delivered to the garrison. secreted under the layers of peat were some eighty picked soldiers under the command of a captain heraugieres. on 21 february the boat entered the castle without arousing suspicion. after midnight the surface layers of peat were pulled aside and out crept the dutch soldiers. they seized the castle at a rush and signalled to maurice's main forces, which advanced to capture the city.
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