满河红(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。
满河红
in the early 19th century, after the british had seized control of the dutch cape colony in southern africa, the largely dutch settlers at the cape, known as boers, began to migrate to the african interior to escape british rule.
one group of boers crossed the drakensberg mountains into zulu territory. they failed in their negotiations with the zulus for the purchase of land for settling and grazing, and endured a number of assaults. on 16 december 1838, a battle took place between the boers and the zulus on the banks of the ncome river in natal. just 470 boer fighters faced a zulu army estimated to number from 10000 to 20000 men.

in the event it was no contest: european firepower won the day against spears. only three boers were wounded, while more than 3000 zulus were killed in what became known as the"battle of blood river".
十九世纪初，英国占领非洲南端荷兰的好望角殖民地。当地的波尔居民多是荷兰人，不喜欢英国统治，纷纷移居非洲内陆。
一群波尔人越过德拉肯斯堡山脉，进入祖鲁人领土，想购买土地定居、放牧，未能成事，并屡次受袭。一八三八年十二月十六日，他们和祖鲁人在纳答尔恩卡姆河打了一仗。四百七十名波尔战士对抗估计有一、二万人的祖鲁军队。
那是强弱悬殊的一战：欧洲军火不是长矛所能抗衡的。波尔人只有三个受了伤，祖鲁人则有三千个命丧沙场。这一役史称「血河之役」。