毒气战(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。
毒气战
germany was the first to make large-scale use of gas as a weapon. on 22 april 1915, at the start of the second battle of ypres＊, sentries posted among the french and algerian troops noticed a curious yellow-green cloud drifting slowly towards their line. puzzled but suspicious, the french thought that the cloud masked an advance by german infantry, and ordered their men to stand to.but the cloud proved to be chlorine gas. panic-stricken, the french and algerian troops fled in disorder, creating a four-mile gap in the allied line. but the germans, perhaps as shocked as the allies by the devastating effects of the poison gas, failed to take full advantage, and the allies held most of their positions.
德国是第一个大规模用毒气作战的国家。一九一五年四月二十二日，第二次伊普尔战役开始时，法国和阿尔及利亚军中哨兵见到一阵古怪的黄绿色烟雾慢慢飘向他们阵地。法军困惑之余，起了戒心，以为德国步兵会在烟雾掩护下进攻，下令准备迎敌。但那烟雾原来是氯气。法国和阿尔及利亚军队张皇溃退，同盟军战线出现了四英里长的缺口。但德军也许和同盟军一样，给毒气的杀伤力吓呆了，未能充分把握机会，同盟军大部分阵地因此得保不失。
附注：
＊伊普尔市位在比利时西部，接近法国边境，是第一次世界大战同盟军和德军三度激烈交锋的地点。