捷报(英中对照)

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。
捷　报
the battle of lake erie was fought in 1813 during the war of 1812 between the us and britain. the british fleet consisted of six ships armed mostly with cannons, while the us fleet comprised nine ships armed primarily with carronades.
during the battle, the us flagship was reduced to a floating wreck. every gun on her engaged side was disabled, and four of every five men were either killed or wounded. making a bold decision, oliver perry, commander of the us fleet, abandoned his flagship and rowed a half mile through heavy gunfire to the uss niagara, and again sailed towards the british line. he eventually drove the british fleet to surrender.

perry then wrote his now famous message to the major general on the back of an old envelope:"we have met the enemy and they are ours."
英美一八一二年战争爆发，至一八一三年有伊利湖之役。英国舰队有六艘战船，配备的武器多是大炮；美国舰队则有九艘战船，武器以射程较短的臼炮为主。
两支舰队交战，美国旗舰被打得支离破碎，只是没有下沉。旗舰作战一舷的枪炮全被摧毁，舰上每五人就有四个或伤或死。舰队司令奥立佛．伯理十分果敢，决定放弃旗舰，冒着连绵炮火，划小船划了半英里，登上美国战舰尼加拉号，又向排列成阵的英国舰队开去，英国舰队终于投降。
伯理向少将报捷，捷报写在一个旧信封背后，今天脍炙人口：「与敌接战，敌已成擒。」