妓女参战(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。
妓女参战
in 1548, french troops arrived in leith, scotland, in support of the pro-catholic scottish government. they did not leave till 1560, when the english came to assist the insurgent protestants.
during the english siege of leith, scottish prostitutes, unwilling to see the french garrison driven out, with the subsequent loss of business, inflicted heavy losses on the english attackers by throwing down rocks, timber, and other heavy objects.
but the english had their revenge. when it was suggested that the women and children should be allowed to leave leith because of a shortage of food, the english commander refused to allow it, saying that these women should stay within the city and help to eat up leith's fast-diminishing food supply.

一五四八年，法国军队来到苏格兰利斯城，支持信奉天主教的苏格兰政府。一五六○年，英军前来协助造反的新教徒，法军才离去。
英军围攻利斯时，遭苏格兰一些妓女从城上投掷石头、木材以及其他沉重对象，死伤枕藉。那些妓女担心法国驻军被逐，生意受损。
而英军也报了仇。利斯缺粮时，建议英军让妇孺离去，英军指挥官不答应，说那些妇女要留下来，帮忙吃掉城内快要吃光的食物。
【附注】 insurgency和 revolt都是「造反」，但 revolt多指反抗压迫， insurgency则多指为夺取政权而发动的叛乱，比 revolt较有组织，例如： the insurgent forces laid siege to the capital（叛军围攻首都）。