古德明英语军事小故事:「 太 过 仁 厚 」 之 罪 (中英对照)
古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事,古德明,香港英语教育作家,他开了一个《征服英语专栏》,在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事,用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。「 太 过 仁 厚 」 之 罪
military commander with the french forces in the american revolutionary war, armand lauzun was a french peer who supported the french revolution. in 1793, he was sent to vendee, a coastal region in france, to help suppress a royalist insurgency there. he gained several successes, but after he submitted his resignation, he was sent to the guillotine by the bloodthirsty french revolutionary committee because of his "undue leniency to the insurgents".
when the executioner came to fetch lauzun in his cell, he was found to be drinking wine and eating oysters. "allow me to finish, citizen, and take a glass of this wine," lauzun told the executioner. "in your profession you must need courage."
美国独立战争中的法军司令阿尔芒.洛赞是法国贵族,支持法国大革命。一七九三年,他奉命往法国沿海地区旺代,协助平定当地保王党叛乱,打了几场胜仗,但后来提出辞呈。渴血的法国革命委员会说他「对叛乱分子太过仁厚」,把他送上断头台。
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