古德明英語軍事小故事：烽火里的親情 (中英對(duì)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(gè)《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(dòng)魄的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。烽火里的親情
the battle of ayacucho in 1824 resulted in peru gaining independence from spain. before the battle, general monet of the royalist forces told the revolutionary leader antonio sucre that some of his soldiers had relatives in the revolutionary army, and would like to meet with them before fighting. sucre agreed. thereupon about 50 men from each side walked to a point between the lines. they were given a half hour to exchange greetings.
"ah, my brother," said a royalist general to his revolutionary brother, "how sorry i am to see you covered with ignominy." his brother was incensed and, turning on his heel, walked away. the general ran after him, embraced him, and they both wept.
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